^^ ang inom ug chix tambal na sa hilanat bai. hehehe. kana mga chix kauban [kuno] bitaw na ni fundraiser sa work. :D

lingaw diay kaayo ang meet! kinsa2x ang ni niadto bai (forum usernames)?


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lingaw jud kaayu bai. present si sugbuanon, rowell_sk, arnoldsa, iceman, slerz, tj_brewed, berniemack, fundraiser, philwilly, markiiBoi. And of course Butch (D'Transporter) and his son Gerald.

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Cebu website wins international design contest


A blessing in disguise.

This is how the 63 high school students of the University of the Philippines described their victory in an international website design contest.

Honeylyn Balingcasag, incoming computer science (Comsci) freshman at the UP College Cebu, explained that they were supposed to submit their class project to a national website competition.

But they were not able to beat the deadline because the computer in the school bogged down.

"We were not able to join the national competition because of technical problems so we took a chance and participated in the international contest," said Balingcasag, who acted as project coordinator of the group.

Little did they know that the technical glitch was a blessing in disguise.

Their design for "Calles de Cebu: Gateway to a Nation's History" won second place and got the gold award in the historical landmarks category of the International Schools Cyberfair 2006 competition held last May 17 in San Diego, California, USA.

The contest, which is on its 11th year, was participated in by schools in 52 countries.

Computer Professor Renante Manlunas explained that Cyberfair is a research contest with website design as part of the contest criteria. The contest involves all sectors in the community.

It was Manlunas who required his two classes -- 63 graduating high school students -- in November 2005 to come up with a joint project.

Manlunas was aware of the international competition. He told his two classes that their project -- a website design -- would become the school's official entry in the competition.

"It was hitting two birds with one stone," said Ranyah Dawn Dablo, then class valedictorian and now incoming accountancy freshmen at the University of San Carlos.

"At first, we were forced to make the project because we were being graded but later we realized that it was more than the grades. The pride of winning in an international competition is far greater," she added.

Recognizing the project as their class effort before their graduation, the two sections put their acts together.

One section worked on the streets in Cebu while the other concentrated on the festivals in Cebu Province.

"The challenge was really in organizing the students. In terms of management, the students’ number was really too big (63 students)," Manlunas said.

Problems on logistics also posed a challenge especially that information on the streets was not readily available.

Students scanned old books, visited public libraries and study centers, and talked to experts.

"To (ensure) the smooth flow of the project, we created the core group composed of five people in each section," said then council president Nasvin del Rosario.

Del Rosario, also an incoming UPCC Comsci freshman, said the core group was responsible for delegating the tasks to the concerned students and consolidating the data gathered.

The group members found themselves driven and inspired. As they went deeper into research, they found the need to be informed about Cebu's cultural heritage.

"It is so ironic that we are from Cebu and yet we don't know who Junquera, Colon or Gorordo are," said Daramae Maningo, also an incoming Comsci freshman at UPCC.

The contest theme "Inspire and Unite" also encouraged the students to contribute something to the Cebuano culture.

All of those involved in the project have graduated -- a third of them were honor students. Seventy percent of them are incoming freshman students at UP.



Check-out their website: http://streets.philippines-online.com/index.php

Congrats SSC :cheers:
Hinaot unta nga daghan mga tourist mo abot karon diha sa cebu.

Bring Out The True Beauty Of Cebu Philippines, an Island in the Pacific.

^^ Hi angeldelights. Thanks and welcome back! ;)

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Can't they get any modern than this? :bash:

hi taga labangon ka markii sa mura familiar man imong dagway uyyyy...
ikaw man tung gwapo sigi nako kit an sa labangon og sa hi way.

Love mall cebu Da Best in the world. :eek2:

^^ yup taga labangon. basin ikaw to akung tapad sa jeep ganiha nga ni tuktuk nako. :j/k:

A scale model of the 20-storey "State-of-the-Art" Cebu Tower Palace Condominium on display at Ayala Center. (camfone)

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Also, the agent told us that the lot beside it is really owned by Bigfoot but they don't know yet when they will build their "building" there.

markii pila na ka katuig nagpuyo sa labangon
kay diha baya ko nagpuyo pagka gamay nako og pagkadaga

^^ ni transfer ko last July 1, so one month pa lang ko diri sa labangon. :D

naa kay kaila mga taboada sa ibabao mambaling markii
kay mura nakit an gyud tika diha perme do
chior ka sa simbahan sa

^^
wala raba ko kaila angel.
dili sad ko choir.
wala sad ko simba-simba. :D

BTW, asa diay ka karun?

karon naako sa Uk naningkamot og maayo diri para makatabang sa akong mga igsoon og sa akong Papa og Mama.
markii mo too ba ka nga naay ginoo.. God exist gyud.
basta imong dagway familiar gyud nako ambot lang...
Kaila ba ka ni Hon.msgr. Father Boy Alesna.
Miss na nako ang mga tawo nga dakong ikatabang nako sukad paka gamay nako ambot lang ani akong gibati uyyy...

Of course i believe in Him. I am a CHRISTIAN. Without Christ, I Am Nothing. But cliche as it may seem, nasa Diyos ang awa pero nasa tao pa rin ang gawa. :)


Wa sad ko kaila ana nga priest. Im still new in the neighborhood. :D

Markii okey raba ninyo mo copy ko sa inyong ipang post diri unya ibutang nako sa laing website

Honest na Pranka pa. Cebuana ako kini.

^^ Sure no worries angel. Just indicate the source. Or better yet, invite them to join SSC. :D

markii unsa nay time diha sa cebu, mura og kadlawon naman wala palagi ka matulog, diri kay 9PM

^^ its 4:02 am here. darn i have to go and get some Zzzzs. See you around. ;)

Thank you markii i see you around too.

Mabuhay SSC.

Love one Another, Jesus Says:

hala lami lagi na paminawon...mangapply nya ko...basin diay dakog sweldo...di na ko dapat molayas sa cebu...hehehehe

Mao ni tinud a nay nga vision sa mga cebuano High tech hospital for everyone with plenty of great filipino surgeon/foriegn including great medical staff and Medicine manufacturing philippines. All Filipino should be covered by there National insurance contributions including Hospitalizations cost and Surgeries cost and Medicines cost.

Mabuhay SSC Philippines fundraisers.

Work on hospital for tourists starts in 1st part of ’07

Barring any hitches in negotiations, construction of the first medical center in Asia catering to medical tourists will begin in the first quarter of 2007.

The facility, to be tentatively called the American Specialty Hospital of Cebu, will rise on a two-hectare lot at the Cebu South Reclamation Project (SRP).
The Cardiovascular Hospitals of America (CHA), which will operate the hospital and owns four similar facilities in the United States, will lease the property for 25 years.

Dr. Philip Chua, CHA vice president for Far East operations, said the facility will cost about P1 billion.

Chua was among the speakers in yesterday’s Health and Wellness Forum at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino as part of InTourPreneur 2006, one of the events of the Cebu Business Month.

Services

Aside from its state-of-the-art equipment, the hospital will be accredited by the Joint Commission International and will honor international health insurance providers.

Chua said the hospital will be a “small” one – at least 30 beds – to ensure a fast turnover of patients.

That way, the patients can still enjoy the other components of the package they have availed themselves of as medical tourists, Chua added.

The hospital will also offer services popular among medical tourists, specifically open heart, cosmetic, eye and dental surgeries.

While they will be hiring locals for manpower, Chua said their medical team will be composed of professionals who are trained and licensed in the United States.

He also assured that while they will cater mostly to tourists who can afford the services, they will accept charity cases in coordination with various government and nongovernment agencies.

Negotiations

Chua told Sun.Star Cebu that they are still negotiating with both the national and local governments for various concessions, which will include, among others, the site where the hospital will rise and tax exemptions for being a pioneer in the medical tourism industry.

Chua, who is also chairman of cardiovascular surgery of the Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital, however said they have at least three concerns that need to be addressed before going full blast in the construction.

These include return of investment, peace and order, and corruption in politics. (RCT)

:runaway: Maayo unta kung covered sab sa national insurance ang mga pinoy sa medical cost og sa tambal apil ang major surgeries. but only a dream.. :bash:

LOve One Another, Jesus Said:

Let us Bring out the true potential of Cebu Philippines. :eek2:
When there is Life, There is hope.
Hanggat may buhay pa, may pag-asa pa.

Emcor Advanced Technology System opens


THE newly opened Emcor Advanced Technology System (ATS) in the second floor of Banilad Town Centre is the first ATS store in Cebu City.

“With the opening of ATS, we want to become a destination store for information technology (IT) products,” said Severo de la Cruz, Emcor president and chief operating officer.

Emcor has been known for their easy to pay and affordable appliances and motorcycles since it started in 1958.

ATS is an independent store under Emcor that is exclusively for IT products. There are now 13 ATS stores in the country. Emcor plans to open three more ATS stores in Cebu City this year.

ATS showcases all major brands of computers, laptops, cellphones, plasma and LCD screens, digital cameras, photocopiers, printers, and projectors. These items are available in easy installment scheme and in-house financing.

The computers are offered up to 24 months of fixed interest rate installment.

A weird article that I have taken picture of.. (last last week pa ni).. hehe
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:eek2: SSC Forum? Tayo yan? ehehehhehe

anyway...ei guys!! waaaaaaaaaaaaa...wala ko nakakuyog! huhuhuhuhu unsaon nako pag pass sa akong T-Shirt? What color man? pls do text me up for info. 09224011418 or 09167345959.

Sorry jud wa ko kaapas kagabi! :pet: :pet: :pet:

Romulo Galicano
Grand Prize Winner, 2005 International Portrait Competition
organized by the Portrait Society of America in Washington, D.C.

Born in Carcar, Cebu, Galicano found a natural inclination with the arts at a young age. He produced sketches when he was small. In his teens, he trained under Martino Abellana, one of Cebu’s top realist artists. He also imbibed the artistic discipline from Sugboanon painter Sofronio Mendoza.

When he went to pursue a Fine Arts degree at the University of the East in Manila, Galicano found himself strapped of cash. He tried to save money as much as he could, eating only bread for his daily meals and wearing one uniform throughout the school year. He didn’t finish the course, however. He took apprenticeships and, after trading a few paintings, flew to Europe to visit museums, read books and brush elbows with top artists.

check the whole story:
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/may/30/yehey/life/20050530lif1.html

Galicano really makes big bucks nowadays painting portraits.

Congrats SSC :cheers:
Hinaot unta nga daghan mga tourist mo abot karon diha sa cebu.

Bring Out The True Beauty Of Cebu Philippines, an Island in the Pacific.

Speaking of tourists, I was amazed yesterday when I saw herds/flock/school/almost two classrooms of Koreans squatting @ Ayala Centers atrium near the south entrance. They became an attraction to Filipinos coz its unusual for our tourism industry to pick up that huge group of foreign tourists and mostly children.


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Yesterdays issue of Cebu Daily News...
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:okay::okay: :applause::applause:
go go go Cebu, Mabuhi ang Cebu :D

wala lang.. just got this from the Lexmark website..


In March 1999, Lexmark heralded its arrival in Asia Pacific with the groundbreaking of its 380,000 square foot state of the art manufacturing facility in the heart of Mactan Economic Zone II in Lapu-lapu, Cebu Philippines. By January 12, 2000, Lexmark International Philippines, Inc. (LIPI) Bottle Assembly Facility was formally inaugurated.
Even before its inauguration, LIPI Bottle Assembly facility rolled out its first batch of inkjet cartridges ahead of schedule and captured the prestigious Lexmark Triple Crown Award for 1999; thus, setting a precedent for more manufacturing breakthroughs unrivalled in the corporate’s history.

CEBU : A FILMMAKER'S PARADISE
When the cameras stop rolling after classes and during the weekends, IAFT students can take advantage of the diverse activities Cebu has to offer. Dubbed the Queen City of the South, Cebu has a rich tapestry of cultural and social attractions; along with its lush island backdrop - with everything from white-sand beaches to striking mountainous regions, Cebu truly is a paradise all its own.

The city itself brims with a colorful history as the oldest township established in the Philippines, where Magellan landed on that fateful night in April of 1521 and planted his famous cross. History buffs will undoubtedly want to explore the city's museums and monuments such as the quaint Santo Niño Basilica and Museum off Osmeña Avenue, built in 1565 to house the likeness of the infant Jesus.

Those in search of relaxation and rest will breathe a sigh of relief at Cebu's five-star resorts and scenic beaches near such top tourist destinations as the Shangri-La Resort & Spa. Surrounding Cebu are some of the world's best diving spots, including Mactan Island, just a short ride over the bridge from the city and famous for its renowned coral reefs.

One of the most famous festivals in the Philippines, the Sinulog Festival remains one of the raucous celebrations of Filipino culture and tradition. Celebrated in late January, this festival is renowned for its wild and colorful parades. Much like New Orleans ' Mardi Gras but with a flavor all its own, you will find people dancing in the streets and partying hard.

And once the sun sets, visitors will discover Cebu's nightlife to be as eclectic as the island itself, with international cuisine from all corners of the globe, and nightclubs pumping music late into the evenings. Whether studying hard or taking it easy, Cebu is the ideal location for those searching for a unique educational experience.

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from the IAFT website.. hehe

[edited] A man taking advantage of an empty escalator at SM dept store...
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last na jud ni.. kai muskwela na ku! hheehe...

Cebu City @ dawn
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A man taking advantage of an empty escalator at ACC...
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This is not ACC, this is SM Department Store :D

^^ oh shoot.. it's SM bitaw.., i knda forgot where i took this one.. apologies....

This would probably be ayala after the expansion.. strikto jd ang pagtake ug pix so kani ra jd ang na-take nko.. huhuuh..
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Nausab na lagi ni ilang scale model? Where ni nila gibutang?

^^ actually there were two models displayed and it was clear that both of them had different designs.. the first one was actually posted here long ago where there were supposed to be two towers.. the scale model above has its towers removed and there are a bit of changes compared to the previous one.
i have no idea if that model above is the one that they would follow for the expansion. ok ra baya but they should've changed the design at least.. kai ila ra jud gi-connect para ma-complete ang (more than half) circle.. cge lang gud.. basin naa nya'y miracle sa ilahang expansion or even the whole ayala center... per0 mugraduate na tingali ko'g college by that time. ahehe

Dinner at Max's Ayala [courtesy again of Sir Butch/D'Trans]:

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Another round of inuman at Convenience 24 [C24]:

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sige raman mo ga laag-laag.. wala ko kakuyog gahapon ky abi nako walay free kaon.. :D bitaw, nako buhat gahapon..

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2492/20025513959b3550d04btl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

pag-ibig tower with waterfront hotel on the background.. the hotel is currently undergoing renovation in preparation for the ASEAN summit..


ptoto by: acemarc

Cebu starts week-long celebration of 437th anniversary today

The Freeman 07/31/2006

The week-long celebration of the 437th founding anniversary of Cebu province starts today with the theme "Dili Sulti Maoy Pabuhaton, Buhat Maoy Pasultion."

Governor Gwen Garcia, Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez, Provincial Board members, and the mayors and vice-mayors of towns and component cities in the province would lead in the flag raising rites and hoisting of municipal colors at the Capitol grounds this morning.

Garcia and top Capitol officials would later launched the Trade Fair at the Capitol grounds, the Photo Exhibit at the second floor of the Capitol building, and the GUV's Cup Dayong-Dayon volleyball tournament.

During the get-together activity after the launchings, Capitol would confer special awards to local government units that achieved high survival rates of jackfruit trees they planted for the GWEN (Greening With our Environment Now) project.

Tomorrow, the Cebu Provincial Health Office will conduct the medical and wellness day for Capitol employees.

On Wednesday, the Wall of Fame would be unveiled in the new legislative building at the back of the Palace of Justice.

Thursday would be the finals of the sports events, which would also include the presentation of the proposed uniforms for Capitol employees next year.

On Friday, Garcia would inaugurate the provincial road asphalting projects and the 62 new classroom buildings in Cebu's first district. She would also turn over several multi-cabs, firefighting trucks, ambulances and computers to beneficiary towns and component cities.

The governor would later lead the awarding rites for the winners of the Trade Fair and Photo Exhibit competitions. In the evening, dyHP talents would present a play at the Capitol grounds.

Saturday night would be the Governor's Night, which would include the "Garbo sa Sugbu" awards and the Parade of Festival Queens.

The celebration would be concluded on August 6, Sunday, which is the Charter Day of the province. On this day would be the signing of the Collective Negotiation Agreement between the provincial government and employees.

There would also be a production number competition, awarding of outstanding department and employees, and a raffle of valuable items.

Gwen touts Cebu's unity vs. Sugbuak

The Freeman 07/31/2006

Governor Gwen Garcia has recently boasted an overwhelming victory against the divide-Cebu proposal, or Sugbuak, in last week's general assembly of barangay captains of the province.

The governor gladly reported that 888 out of 1,125 barangay captains in the province attended the assembly - a turnout that she said was a clear signal that Cebu is still "one, united, and indivisible."

The turnout was an indication that the move of some legislators to form three more provinces out of Cebu "will not prosper," said Garcia.

Of the 47 towns in the province, only Bogo was not represented as none of its 29 barangay captains came. Bogo, a town in the north, has been the bailiwick of the opposition Martinez family in the fourth district.

Pinamungajan town in the south meanwhile has been with the opposition Yapha family, and of the town's 26 barangays, there was one from barangay Saksay that defected and attended the assembly.

"Tan-awa ra god. Kani karon we are witnessing a new age in politics. For a long, long time Cebu was divided by ugly, traditional politics - ang politika nga makabuak-buak, madinumtanon, manggukod og mangasaba," she said.

Garcia told the barangay captains that when she assumed office in 2004, only a few went to her side but this did not deter her as she reached out to those who opposed her for the betterment of Cebu.

But along the way, Garcia was racked with a bigger challenge to keep Cebu intact when three congressmen of Cebu filed last year separate bills in Congress to convert their respective districts into new provinces.

Some municipal and barangay councils in the province took turns in approving resolutions to oppose the Sugbuak bills, and Garcia said she persevered for her part to parry the onslaught of the divide-Cebu move.

"We did not leave one single stone unturned because we can't allow these moves to prosper. Og kani tan-awa ra inyong presensya karon, usa ni ka makabubungog nga signal nga kita usa ra og nga kitang tanan nagkahiusa," she said.

Fourth district Rep. Clavel Asas-Martinez filed a bill creating Cebu del Norte province, second district Rep. Simeon Kintanar pushed for his own Cebu del Sur province while third district Rep. Antonio Yapha wanted a Cebu Occidental province

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Aerial view of seas from Cebu to Puerto Princesa.

By Rowena dela Rosa Yoon
Associate Editor/ Staff Writer

While Koreans maintain the status of top mainstay tourists in the island of Cebu in the Visayan region of the Philippines, other alternative markets are now being explored as a potential source of added tourism receipts.

The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas has been satisfied with the consistent showing of Koreans in the island and, thus, gives the tourism body an impetus to shift to higher gear towards tapping alternative markets to create a more diverse tourism setting.

The new target is North America— both the United States and Canada. DOTCV is keen of the market consisting mainly of Americans with Filipino ethnicity who have never been nor back to their native hometown of Cebu. Returnees, otherwise known as "balikbayan" and their progenitors are lured to come and visit their roots.

Promotional activities have been made, including a 4-day tour for the Second Ambassadors/Consuls-General Tour which was held recently consisting of ambassadors and consuls general to the United States and Canada as well as tourism attaches. They led over 100 participants, most of whom are Filipino-Americans.

Going back to their native land, the delegates were able to make a courtesy call to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before heading for the wreath-laying tour in Rizal Park to pay homage to the fallen national hero who inspired the first movement towards Philippine Independence from the 300-year of Spanish colonization.

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Bantayan Island, Cebu, the Philippines

There were out-of-town trips from north to south which gave them a renewed glimpse of the natural vista of Philippine countryside. Package tours include the Cebu-Bohol, Laguna Lake Loop, Iloilo-Guimaras, Boracay, Davao, Palawan, Laoag-Vigan-Baguio, Cagayan de Oro-Camiguin, and Zamboanga.

Patria Aurora Roa, regional director of the DOTCV, said the program is part of the efforts to increase tourist arrivals.

Meanwhile, DOT Secretary Joseph Durano, is now considering the potential of Indian tourists to the Philippines. The tourism secretary cited statistics of about 7 million outbound travellers from India in 2005. He, thus, calculates this market should not be underestimated.

Durano is reportedly planning to implement a scheme which includes the Department of Foreign Affairs as the office to issue visas while the Bureau of Immigration will extend the "visa-upon-entry" privilege.

The privilege has been given to Chinese. However, travel critics warned that precautionary measures have to be observed due to reported increase of illegal aliens in the Philippines who have overstayed for illicit business activities.

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=3754

^^ Did the Abellana family originated in Cebu? Because they are also a well known family in Davao.

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@ the pool area with arnoldsa and markiiboi

I miss my long hair....

Guys, about Metro Ayala, have you heard of plans nga muexpand sila vertically? Unsa ma nang mga poles nga gipabarog ibabaw sa ilang roof?

Possible Sinjin... I've noticed that there's still space after the topmost floor. I think it's covered with a plywood wall (painted white).

^^ Yeah, I think they're gearing up for the entry of Rustans Supermarket... And about that space after the topmost floor, kabantay ko ana, there's even access to there through the elevator of Metro... Hmm, stockroom siguro didto or unsa?

Possible Sinjin... I've noticed that there's still space after the topmost floor. I think it's covered with a plywood wall (painted white).


i saw also the steel sturcture on top of Metro.

i saw also the steel sturcture on top of Metro.

Hmm, and what do you think they will do about it Markii?

^^ mount a billboard on it. :hahaha:

^^ Lol, wag naman, :lol:, sana expansion nga! But in fairness to Metro, I like how their billboards are placed... Sana magkaroon ng billboards all around Ayala Center Cebu para naman di magmukhang plain yung structure. :D

had a good time with ssc-cebu forumers last night, i will see you on Friday guys!!!

^^ Not sure bro if they're originally from cebu but to give you an idea, there's a street named after one of them, Andres Abellana Street in Guadalupe, Cebu City and we have Abellana National High School as well...

On a local cable channel, Cebu TV, there's this advertisement jingle called "People who made Cebu" and yes, the names above are included...

Hmm, I couldn't recall all, but here are some I saw from the advertisement:
>Edgardo Labella
>Gwendolyn Garcia
>Bobby Nalzaro
>Margot Osmeña
>Ramon Aboitiz
>Alex Gaisano

^^sa btc ta this coming friday?? :cheers1:

u/c ayala expansion
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sa kanang gamay na render, murag simbahan ang hitsura aning Ayala expansion, no? Wala bay dakodako nga pic. hehehe apurado kaayo ko :D

How come we don't have a write up here on Michael Sinjin the future billionaire who started his empire on P 200,000.00 only ?

di ba Budji Layug is also a Cebuano?

How come we don't have a write up here on Michael Sinjin the future billionaire who started his empire on P 200,000.00 only ?

Lol, the future Henry Sy? :rofl: I still don't know where to pour the P200,000 :(

I posted my idea on the 200k. Check out your thread.

^^sa btc ta this coming friday?? :cheers1:

Ha?! BTC? What time? :scouserd:

Ha?! BTC? What time? :scouserd:


basta friday, text2 lang ta ninyo wat time..naa man si Sir Butch/D'Transporter.

Hangtud karon, ginapangita pa na'ko ang commercial sa Sugbo sa 17th Philippine Ad Congress nga "Dunat Bai!"

No avail on the web, huhuhu! :cry:

didto ko sa airport gabii...hapit na man diay mahuman ang admin sa MCIAA...nya didto pud ko sa yala ganina nakit-an na gyud nako kung asa gibutang ang model sa yala...naa ra diay tupad sa ilang chapel...

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support mu nila bai!
garbo baya na sa Sugbu...
naa na nako ang tanan ninyo t-shirt, hehe...
hope ko nga mahuman inig wednesday...
murag magkita ra mi marki....
busy kaayo gud ko...

pic pics, camphone lang muna, heh!
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ayala fgu building

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gaisano metro ayala.

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marriott hotel

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a view from ayala's new PUV terminal

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fuente rotunda

YAHOO, they (markiiboi, arnoldsa and tj_brewed) are safe...:banana::carrot:

after sila na aberiya sa SRP a while ago nya nanira na ang duha ka gate og sila ra nag tikaw tikaw didto dapita... Gi guroy na sa tow truck ang ila sakyanan and ok man sila pag agi dri amo dapit.

^^sa btc ta this coming friday?? :cheers1:

patext nya ko ninyo kung what time kita sa btc.. basin maka-apas ko ky klase ko hapon..

Romulo Galicano
Grand Prize Winner, 2005 International Portrait Competition
organized by the Portrait Society of America in Washington, D.C.

Born in Carcar, Cebu, Galicano found a natural inclination with the arts at a young age. He produced sketches when he was small. In his teens, he trained under Martino Abellana, one of Cebu’s top realist artists. He also imbibed the artistic discipline from Sugboanon painter Sofronio Mendoza.

When he went to pursue a Fine Arts degree at the University of the East in Manila, Galicano found himself strapped of cash. He tried to save money as much as he could, eating only bread for his daily meals and wearing one uniform throughout the school year. He didn’t finish the course, however. He took apprenticeships and, after trading a few paintings, flew to Europe to visit museums, read books and brush elbows with top artists.

check the whole story:
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/may/30/yehey/life/20050530lif1.html

a great artist. i viewed his exhibit in manila more than 25 years before. didn't meet him personally, but after viewing that, helped me decide that fine arts was for me instead of architecture. and the rest was history.

Resil Mojares

Resil Mojares is a Filipino fictionist, historian and critic. He has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of the Philippines. He recently retired as Professor at the University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City. He was founding director (1975-96) of USC's Cebuano Studies Center, a pioneering local studies center in the Philippines.

He has authored books in Philippine history, literature, and politics. His recent book is Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays in Philippine Cultural History (2002). He is currently working on the emergence of modern disciplines in the Philippines through the careers of three Filipino intellectuals (Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes), whose writings span the years 1876-1933 in fields like history, anthropology, linguistics, and sociology.

He has been a recipient of six Philippine National Book Awards. His other books include The War Against the Americans: Resistance and Collaboration in Cebu Province; Aboitiz: Family & Firm in the Philippines; and House of Memory: Essays.

Mojares was Visiting Professor at the University of Kyoto, The National University of Singapore and the University of California at Los Angeles where he lectures on The Philippine Novel, Topics in Philippine Cultural Historyas well as other issues relating to Philippine socio-cultural history from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resil_Mojares

blog dedicated to resil mojares:

http://alaykayresilmojares.blogspot.com/

Napoleon V. Abueva
National Artist for Sculpture (1976)

At 46 then, Napoleon V. Abueva, a native of Cebu, was the youngest National Artist awardee. Considered as the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture, Abueva has helped shape the local sculpture scene to what it is now. Being adept in either academic representational style or modern abstract, he has utilized almost all kinds of materials from hard wood (molave, acacia, langka wood, ipil, kamagong, palm wood and bamboo) to adobe, metal, stainless steel, cement, marble, bronze, iron, alabaster, coral and brass. Among the early innovations Abueva introduced in 1951 was what he referred to as "buoyant sculpture" -- sculpture meant to be appreciated from the surface of a placid pool. In the 80's, Abueva put up a one-man show at the Philippine Center, New York. His works have been installed in different museums here and abroad, such as The Sculpture at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

Some of his major works include Kaganapan (1953), Kiss of Judas (1955), Thirty Pieces of Silver , The Transfiguration (1979)-Eternal Garden Memorial Park, UP Gateway (1967), Nine Muses (1994), UP Faculty Center, Sunburst (1994)-Peninsula Manila Hotel, the bronze figure of Teodoro M. Kalaw in front of National Library, and murals in marble at the National Heroes Shrine, Mt. Samat, Bataan.

http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/natarts/visual/abueva.php

An Interview with National Artist for Sculpture Napoleon Abueva
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/articles.php?artcl_Id=22

Martin Abellana
The Dean of Cebuano Painters

Though primarily a figurative-impressionist, his later works nevertheless show a desire to reconcile the figurative and the abstract. Notable of his works are The Farmer's Son, Job Was Also Man, Rocks, and Korean War.

Christopher Go

A 35-year-old Filipino amateur astronomer has become the toast of the international astronomical community for his discovery of the transformation of a high-pressure storm on the Jupiter, the solar system’s biggest planet.

Christopher Go, a furniture company owner in Cebu City who gazes at and photographs celestial bodies as a hobby, has been observing Jupiter for the last two years.

Because of his discovery, Go has been invited to participate in the imaging of Jupiter by a team of 20 to 30 astronomers in the United States in April using the Hubble space telescope. He will be taking images of the planet in Cebu. He will become the only non-Ph.D. holder in the group.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/mar/24/yehey/top_stories/20060324top9.html

SSC Cebu meet episode I (Dec 26, 2005)
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SSC Cebu meet episode II (Jan 2, 2005)
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Photos by Sugbuanon
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wow :drool: i can't wait to go back to cebu...

Good Morning, Cebu! My beloved home! :happy: Miss you...:cry:

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Marcelo B. Fernan


Marcelo Briones Fernan was born in Cebu City on October 24, 1927. He was married to Eloisa Nolasco with whom he had nine children.

As a student, Fernan gained distinction as an outstanding youth leader and scholar. He served as President of the Student Council Association of the Philippines, and was elected Member of the International Honor Societies of Phi Kappa and Pi Gamma Mu. He graduated among the top ten of his class from the College of Law of the University of the Philippines in 1952. The following year, he obtained his Master of Law from the Harvard University in the United States.


He was an Associate and later Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines in Cebu, Dean of the College of Law of the University of San Jose – Recoletos now Dean Emeritus, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Carlos, Secretary General of the Academy of American and International Law Alumni Association and Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyer Associations for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) Human Rights Standing Committee, Chairman of the LAWASIA Judicial Section, President of the Fulbright Scholars Association, President of the Philippine Society of International Law, Chairman of the Philippine National Committee of the Asean Law Association and member of the Governing Council, President of the ASEAN Law Association, President of the Fellows on Asia Foundation and Trustee of the Southwestern Legal Foundation in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

He received awards in civic, legal and educational fields among which are Most Outstanding Law Practitioner in Cebu City; Most Outstanding UP Alumnus in Civic Affair in Cebu City; Most Outstanding JCI Senator in the Philippines in the Field of Education; The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awardee, Most Outstanding Alumnus of Abellana National School, U.P. Professional Achievement Awardee in the Field of Law, U.P. Cebu Achievement Awardee as Legal Teacher and Practitioner, Most Distinguished Alumnus from the College of Law, University of the Philippines, 1999 Most Distinguished Alumnus from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association, First Recipient of the Southwest Legal Foundation’s Robert G. Storey International Award for Leadership and First Recipient at the “ Public Award “ of the President Sergio Omeña Memorial Foundation.

He was conferred the titles General Brother of the Agustinian Recollect Order and Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

He was the Most Outstanding Cebuano awardee. Next to the late President Sergio Osmeña, he was the second Cebuano in history to be given such highly exclusive and revered recognition.

He received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of San Carlos Cebu City, University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City; Centro Escolar University, Member of Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City; De La Salle University, Manila and University of the Philippines-Visayas.

He entered the government service as member of the Cebu City Planning Board. Later, he became a member of the Cebu Provincial Board, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and Assemblyman (Assistant Minority Leader) in the Batasang Pambansa.

He was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and served as Chairman of the Supreme Court Committee on the Revision of the Rules of Court and Chairman of the House Electoral Tribunal.

He served as the nineteenth Chief Justice of the Republic and was Chairman of the Judicial and Bar Council and the Judiciary Planning and Implementation Office. During his term as Chief Justice, several bold judicial reforms were instituted, among them the judicial orientation and career enrichment program, updating of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the continuous trial program.

In 1995, Fernan was elected as Senator of the Tenth Congress. He became the Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the following Senate Committees Justice and Human rights, Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development and Ethics and Privileges.

As Senator, he authored highly significant laws, among these are : Republic Act 8246 or the Court of Appeals Regionalization Act, RA 8493 or the Speedy Trial Act of 1998, RA 8557 of the Philippine Judicial Academy, RA 8525 or the Adopt-a-School Act of 1997 and RA 8558 or the Underground Mine Workers Act.

He also sponsored RA 8247 or the Alien Social Integration Act of 1995. RA 8282 or the Social Security Act of 1997, and RA 8369 or the Family courts Acts of 1997.

At the opening of the Eleventh Congress, Fernan was nominated and elected as President of the Senate and concurrently, Chairman of the Commission on Appointments. During his term as Senate President, the Senate passed the Clean Air Act, the Visiting Force Agreement and the General Appropriations Act of 1999.

Fernan resigned from Senate Presidency on June 28, 1999 due to his failing health. Senator Fernan passed away on July 11, 1999 and was laid to rest at the Cebu Memorial Park, Cebu City. His death was deeply mourned all over the country.

Fernan holds the record as the only Filipino to head both the Judicial and Legislature, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Senate President, respectively.


Source:
http://www.senate.gov.ph/senpres/fernan.htm

Julian Jumalon

Jumalon is known for his Butterfly Sanctuary. Established in 1974, and the first of its kind in the Philippines, the Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary is an all-natural haven of butterflies. At least 53 kinds of butterfly species in the garden sanctuary, which includes some of the most coveted butterflies in the world. As an educational tool for biology students, the sanctuary also holds the complete life histories of various butterfly species. As a natural museum, it most probably has the oldest existing butterfly collection with specimens that date back to the 1930s.

Jumalon collected damaged butterfly wings and pieced them together into mosaics that throbbed with living color. He started to collect butterflies as a hobby in high school in the year 1928. In 1949, he created the “lepido-mosaic” which was similar to colored glass mosaics. except that he used butterfly wings and colors. One of his notable works is one lepido-mosaic that he did for Pope John Paul II, named after and given to the man himself after one of his visits to the Philippines.

http://www.artcebu.com/whats_new.html


samples of Jumalon's lepido-mosaic:

www.jnjumalon.org/Museum/Lepido.html

Investments, biz in CV increase in 1st half

Investments in Central Visayas continued to grow during the first half of the year and the capital put in by registered business partnerships doubled from last year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 7 reported.

New business establishments registered with DTI 7 grew by 16 percent or from 3,831 in 2005 to 4,450 this year.

The total initial capital for the newly registered businesses for the first quarter was not reported but data for the same period last year amounted to P3.7 million.

Corporations

Data from the Cebu Extension Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed that from January to June this year, investments poured in by corporations, both stock and non-stock, and partnerships also increased.

The amount of paid up capital of stock corporations grew to P276.5 million during the period, indicating a three percent increase from last year’s P268.5 million.

This, despite a decrease in the number of stock corporations that registered this year. Figures dropped to 409 from the 431 during the same period in 2005.

Investments by non-stock corporations also increased to P20.18 million from the previous year’s P19.23 million.

Double growth

The number of registered businesses also increased to 237, a 17 percent growth from last year’s 202.

However, the total capital of business partnerships for the first six months grew by 157.51 percent or from P15.19 million to P39.11 million.

Meanwhile, the Board of Investments-Cebu Extension Office reported an increase of figures from P97.5 million during the first quarter of last year to the P120.6 million during the same period this year.

According to the report, the total number of firms in the industrial zone increased from 179 to 185 for the same period.

These firms will enjoy incentives like income tax holidays, tax and customs duty exemptions on capital equipment and spare parts and net operating loss carryover.

However, the total number of employees decreased by five percent in the first quarter from 83,156 to 78,618, indicating a slowdown in employment

Cebu Province marks 437th year
Bonuses, no-work holiday expected

Cebu Daily News
Last updated 01:32pm (Mla time) 07/31/2006

Capitol officials will kick off the week-long 437th founding anniversary celebration of Cebu province with a simple and traditional flag raising on Monday.

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez Jr., provincial board members and several town officials will lead the activity.

The officials will then lead the opening of the agri-business fair showcasing products of participating towns.

On Sunday, August 6, the actual founding date of the province under Spanish governor Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Capitol officials and employees will celebrate a holy mass, which was traditionally led by Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.

That day, Garcia is expected to deliver an anniversary speech for the employees, where anniversary bonuses are usually announced.

The different Capitol departments will also be competing in various presentations during that same day.

Governor Garcia has declared a holiday for all Capitol offices on August 7.

A photo exhibit will be opened on Monday at the Capitol lobby featuring the 52 component towns and cities of the province.

Aside from featuring tourist spots and heritage sites of a particular town. The exhibit will also showcase industries, the town’s unique festivals, and human-interest pictures.

The photo exhibit will run throughout the week.

A region-wide volleyball tournament will also be launched on Monday.

On Saturday, the Capitol will be celebrating “governor’s night” where Governor Garcia is expected to deliver her anniversary message to the Cebuano officials, mayors and dignitaries at the Capitol Social Hall

Party to usher in ASEAN
120-day countdown starts next week

Cebu Daily News
Last updated 01:32pm (Mla time) 07/31/2006

Cebu will have a big street party next week to mark the 120-day countdown to the opening of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December.

Cebu City ASEAN summit preparations action officer Nagiel Bañacia said August 7 to 11 would be declared ASEAN week in Cebu in line with the founding anniversary of the 10-member ASEAN.

The cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and the town of Cordova will jointly hold various celebrations. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will culminate the week with a program on August 8 in Los Baños, Laguna.

In Cebu, the grand celebration will be anchored on the unveiling of a huge digital countdown clock, which will count the 120 days leading to the formal opening of the summit in December.

The clock, to be put up at the Fuente Osmeña rotunda, would be donated by the M. Lhuillier Group, Bañacia said.

That same day, parade contingents from Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue cities will converge in Fuente Osmeña where Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia will lead a program.

Goodbye sore eyes

For Cebu City, Bañacia said next week would also start the beautification of the city’s “Ceremonial Route.”

The Ceremonial Route includes the streets of Sergio Osmeña at the North Reclamation Area, Juan Luna Avenue from SM City to Salinas Drive in Lahug, and the Veterans drive going to Marco Polo Plaza Hotel.

These streets will be cleared of structures that encroach on the sidewalks.
Elegant street lamps will also be installed on these streets, Bañacia said.

Beautification of the Cebu City streets will cost the city P5 million.

In Mandaue City, Mayor Thadeo Ouano said the city’s ASEAN Task Force already listed buildings along its own Ceremonial Route that need repairs.

The ceremonial route will span the second Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, Plaridel Street until the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC).

Ouano earlier banned billboards, streamers and posters along the route as early as May.

Maayong Adlaw kaninyong tanan mga Cebu threaders.

I'm new. New in the way that I just registered today. Old in the sense that since thread 1 here at skyscrapercity dot com, to pinoyexchange dot com and to istorya dot net. I've been reading your threads guys.

I know ever since that I can contribute, I can help and I can share some info's about our beloved Metro Cebu, Cebu City and Cebu Province progress in terms of on going constructions, proposals and plans.

But to my hesitation. I opt not to join nor register. It's just only now that myself convince myself (hehehe) to finally join and register.

Good luck and more power to SSC Cebu thread. May the force be with Cebu until the return of the jedi.

^^ Welcome to SSC Cebu hans boy.

^^ Hey Hans, glad you decided to finally register... Post away and enjoy your stay. :okay:

About the IT building across pag-ibig WT(willy te) tower.

It's just a 15 storey bldg. excluding the 2 basements for parking. It's supposed to be a 22 storey bldg. but according to the zoning of Cebu Business Park. That parcel of land fronting ayala center, FGU, Marriott and Pag-Ibig WT tower will only have to cater 15 storey and below buildings. If you have notice there are low rise banks there namely metrobank and security bank.

About the FENCE near or beside Lexmark Construction Site.

It's not a new construction site going on around CBP. It's where the land or soils excavated from the on going Ayalce Center expansion will be drop off.

Source: Engr. Clint Beethoven Tan of Jardine Schindler Elevators
(their elevators will be use for the 12 storey pioneer alianz beside
unionbank and that 15 storey bldg across Pag-Ibig WT tower)
Engr. Whly Ngujo of Fastem Construction, Inc.
(Manila base general contractor of the on going Tower Palace)

View from Marco Polo Plaza Hotel
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e289/sikatuna/cebu_panorama.jpg

^^ Beautiful pano bai.

Nice panorama terrapin, you could actually see the development of the skyline.

About the IT building across pag-ibig WT(willy te) tower.

It's just a 15 storey bldg. excluding the 2 basements for parking. It's supposed to be a 22 storey bldg. but according to the zoning of Cebu Business Park. That parcel of land fronting ayala center, FGU, Marriott and Pag-Ibig WT tower will only have to cater 15 storey and below buildings. If you have notice there are low rise banks there namely metrobank and security bank.

About the FENCE near or beside Lexmark Construction Site.

It's not a new construction site going on around CBP. It's where the land or soils excavated from the on going Ayalce Center expansion will be drop off.

Source: Engr. Clint Beethoven Tan of Jardine Schindler Elevators
(their elevators will be use for the 12 storey pioneer alianz beside
unionbank and that 15 storey bldg across Pag-Ibig WT tower)
Engr. Whly Ngujo of Fastem Construction, Inc.
(Manila base general contractor of the on going Tower Palace)

Thanks for the information... :okay:

CDU

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For the Bus Rapid transit [?]:

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CICC:

(ramp)
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TAFT IT:

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S. Osmena Ave. Rehabilitation:

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The Countdown Begins to the 2006 ASEAN Summit: The Mind Blowing Updates Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=379684

SRP:

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Pero nikalit lang ug kamatay ang sakyanan.

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While waiting for the tow truck.

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hi....hehehe join ko ha muzta naman mo hehehe........

^^ Hey Josh, welcome to SkyscraperCity, a forum dedicated to urbanity...
Before posting, please read the forum rules: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/announcement.php?f=295&announcementid=177

After that, you could post away and enjoy your stay! :D

^^ ei josh welcome bro.

testing...

thanks for welcome me.... hehehehe

^^bai, at home ka dito.. :)

pic pics, camphone lang muna, heh!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/nownow.jpg
ayala fgu building

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/nownow2.jpg
gaisano metro ayala.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/nownow3.jpg
marriott hotel

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/nownow4.jpg
a view from ayala's new PUV terminal

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/IMG_1311-1.jpg
fuente rotunda

LOVELY PICTURES.
Asa mo mangahoy ani wala mani sa pagkagamay nako 1980's hehe.
CEBU the hollywood in the Pacific. Bring out the true beauty and True potential of Cebu Philippines. The Very Best Of CEBU.
HALABIRA..kang dodong kini, halabira kang inday kini, halabira kang tatay kini, halabira kang nanay kini, halabira kang lola kini, hala bira kang lolo kini, hala bira sa tanan kini, tayo na magsa ulog..mabuhay CEBU philippines..
God Bless you.
Thank you mwahhh..

Abtan man pud ta 1 hour to read the previous pages. great photos and updates, great job forumers! last time i logged in diri kay 2 pages pa lang. Congratz on cebu's 30th thread! :cool: tiguwang na gyud diay ko diri SSC. hehehe. welcome to SSC to all new members! :rock:

LOVELY PICTURES.
Asa mo mangahoy ani wala mani sa pagkagamay nako 1980's hehe.
CEBU the hollywood in the Pacific. Bring out the true beauty and True potential of Cebu Philippines. The Very Best Of CEBU.
HALABIRA..kang dodong kini, halabira kang inday kini, halabira kang tatay kini, halabira kang nanay kini, halabira kang lola kini, hala bira kang lolo kini, hala bira sa tanan kini, tayo na magsa ulog..mabuhay CEBU philippines..
God Bless you.
Thank you mwahhh..

Welcome to SSC angeldelights! by the way hi-way, is it really HALA BIRA? i think it's Pit Señor... :dunno: :D

^^ uy welcome back bai resty! long time no see, but now see now. :D

^^yeah, it's been a while. daghan na kau ko dapat i-catch up diri. dagku na lagi kaayo mo? mga ulitaw ug minyo-onon na. :lol: sauna mga gagmay paman kaayo, mga walay buot, maski asa lang abot ki-at lang ug agi. hehehe joke

thanks for the Ayala mall's annex rendering. any updates on Crown Regency Hotel? how tall is it na? so there'll be an ASEAN week in Cebu? i bet you guys won't miss the countdown party :cool:

Naa ko question for everybody. What events are in store for Cebu during the ASEAN summit? uli man gud ko december and i want to know where to go and when.

^^yeah, it's been a while. daghan na kau ko dapat i-catch up diri. dagku na lagi kaayo mo? mga ulitaw ug minyo-onon na. :lol: sauna mga gagmay paman kaayo, mga walay buot, maski asa lang abot ki-at lang ug agi. hehehe joke

thanks for the Ayala mall's annex rendering. any updates on Crown Regency Hotel? how tall is it na? so there'll be an ASEAN week in Cebu? i bet you guys won't miss the countdown party :cool:


hehehe. pero karun wala gihapun buot, bisag asa ra ghapun muabot. :D ikaw sad bai kay since thread 1 naa na bya ka, so mura'g nagsakit na sad na imo mga tuhod ug hawak karun? :hahaha:


Ang Crown Regency kay mura'g sa 24th floor pa. and i think nag curing na pud.


Yeah, ASEAN week is coming. and of course present jud ang SSC ana. We are personally invited. :D

Thanks for the updates hans_boy.. So the building beside Unionbank will be 12-storeys tall?

About the IT building across pag-ibig WT(willy te) tower.

It's just a 15 storey bldg. excluding the 2 basements for parking. It's supposed to be a 22 storey bldg. but according to the zoning of Cebu Business Park. That parcel of land fronting ayala center, FGU, Marriott and Pag-Ibig WT tower will only have to cater 15 storey and below buildings. If you have notice there are low rise banks there namely metrobank and security bank.

About the FENCE near or beside Lexmark Construction Site.

It's not a new construction site going on around CBP. It's where the land or soils excavated from the on going Ayalce Center expansion will be drop off.

Source: Engr. Clint Beethoven Tan of Jardine Schindler Elevators
(their elevators will be use for the 12 storey pioneer alianz beside
unionbank and that 15 storey bldg across Pag-Ibig WT tower)
Engr. Whly Ngujo of Fastem Construction, Inc.
(Manila base general contractor of the on going Tower Palace)

Naa ko question for everybody. What events are in store for Cebu during the ASEAN summit? uli man gud ko december and i want to know where to go and when.

Ei echeverriavy welcome! Aside from the fact that the summit week was already declared a holiday, there are no schedule of activities yet. Let's just wait for the lauching of the official website sometime this month, and im sure the events will be plotted there. :)

Ei echeverriavy welcome! Aside from the fact that the summit week was already declared a holiday, there are no schedule of activities yet. Let's just wait for the lauching of the official website sometime this month, and im sure the events will be plotted there. :)
when jud diay ang asean summit week? december 11 man ko abot cebu maayo unta makaabot ko.

hehehe. pero karun wala gihapun buot, bisag asa ra ghapun muabot. :D ikaw sad bai kay since thread 1 naa na bya ka, so mura'g nagsakit na sad na imo mga tuhod ug hawak karun? :hahaha:

lagi. i remember in Cebu Thread 1, me and edifice_complex were talking about a proposed 20-storey hotel to be constructed in Cebu Business Park. after two years (almost), the Park Lane International Hotel opened for business. nice pud ang feeling nga at some point you're talking about a project still in blueprint then next thing u know na open na siya nga murag gahapon ra mo nag discuss. hehe mao na siya.

Cebu Hilton Resort and Spa
BEFORE
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AFTER
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@MarkiiBoi, @Sinjin - Salamat.

One of the things I noticed is that Cebu is still has lots of green spaces and beautiful trees.

By the way, there was a concert or will be a concert sa Capitol yesterday. Is it part of the foundation anniversary of Cebu activities?

[QUOTE=arnoldsa]Skyscrapercity of the dead
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Ahhhh.... Cebu my birthplace. I miss this place, too. BTW, asa man ni nga menteryo?
-- langyaw

^^ Abi nako sa Skyline Crematorium ina sa Busay dapit sa una. Asa man na? Bisag sementeryo gipicturan. Ey, I find tat Skyline Crematorium didto sa Busay unique kay may tower na murag gasiga nga espada pag gab-i kag nami ang location...overlooking MetroCebu.

Memorial park ni siya sa Mactan bro..


[QUOTE=arnoldsa][b]Skyscrapercity of the dead

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Ahhhh.... Cebu my birthplace. I miss this place, too. BTW, asa man ni nga menteryo?
-- langyaw

guys, i finally solved the mystery of the umbrella-like structures across SM Sheraton...di diay na siya bag-o na building...gamitonon diay na siya para pag-mine ug nickel ngadto sa new caledonia...gi-construct lang na siya dinhi sa cebu int'l port by a local firm for an australian based company na ga-operate anang nickel mining didto sa new caledonia (it's a small island somewhere in the pacific ocean...)

By the way, there was a concert or will be a concert sa Capitol yesterday. Is it part of the foundation anniversary of Cebu activities?

Yes, yesterday was the beginning of the set of activities for the foundation day anniversary

Memorial park ni siya sa Mactan bro..


To be specific, Mactan Island Memorial Garden in Marigondon, Lapu-lapu City

Ei echeverriavy welcome! Aside from the fact that the summit week was already declared a holiday, there are no schedule of activities yet. Let's just wait for the lauching of the official website sometime this month, and im sure the events will be plotted there. :)

Guys, please help bring ASEAN summit related updates in the 2006 ASEAN Summit official thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=379684

Thanks

Maayong Adlaw kaninyong tanan mga Cebu threaders.

I'm new. New in the way that I just registered today. Old in the sense that since thread 1 here at skyscrapercity dot com, to pinoyexchange dot com and to istorya dot net. I've been reading your threads guys.

I know ever since that I can contribute, I can help and I can share some info's about our beloved Metro Cebu, Cebu City and Cebu Province progress in terms of on going constructions, proposals and plans.

But to my hesitation. I opt not to join nor register. It's just only now that myself convince myself (hehehe) to finally join and register.

Good luck and more power to SSC Cebu thread. May the force be with Cebu until the return of the jedi.

welcome to SSC hans boy.. enjoy your stay here..


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da mao na.. laag pa mo.. hehe

hi....hehehe join ko ha muzta naman mo hehehe........

welcome sad josh..


^^yeah, it's been a while. daghan na kau ko dapat i-catch up diri. dagku na lagi kaayo mo? mga ulitaw ug minyo-onon na. :lol: sauna mga gagmay paman kaayo, mga walay buot, maski asa lang abot ki-at lang ug agi. hehehe joke

mao lagi kuya resty.. college na jud ko ron.. hapit nasad ko graduate.. basin after graduation pakasal nako.. balik nya ngari cebu.. hahaha

ayala center cebu's access to the PUV terminal
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park tower 2
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foodstalls at sm city cebu PUV terminal
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fernan bridge from afar
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@MarkiiBoi, @Sinjin - Salamat.

One of the things I noticed is that Cebu is still has lots of green spaces and beautiful trees.

so very true, just like this...
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At Fuente Park a while ago...


Rajah Park Hotel
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A group of students doing their homework
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Killing some time
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Fuente (Fountain)
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^^ m. lhuiller: ang tulay ng pilipino.. :D

sana naman, mga posters dito..mag-english or tagalog...pano naman kaming hindi visaya..

^^yeah, we keep on trying but we really can't afford not to use our native tongue Cebuano coz we are Cebuanos but agian ang again, we'll try and try but not promise...hehe

Cebu has most registered vehicles—NSO
By Roderick T. dela Cruz

Cebu has the largest traffic of vehicles among the country’s 79 provinces outside Metro Manila, according to the National Statistics Office.

The large vehicle ownership in Cebu can be a gauge of the level of prosperity and the size of population of the Central Visayas province, which is composed of six cities and 47 municipalities.

In its publication “The Philippine Countryside in Figures,” the NSO said that 266,086 motor vehicles were registered in Cebu province in 2005, including 229,569 private vehicles; 33,820 vehicles for hire; and 2,697 government vehicles.

Other provinces that face similar traffic problems are Laguna, with 181,148 vehicles; Bulacan, 166,548; Batangas, 166,049; Pampanga, 161,748; and Cavite, 157,575.

But this could not be compared to the gravity of the traffic problem in the country’s capital region. Nearly a third of all vehicles in the whole country were registered in Metro Manila.

The National Capital Region had 1.581 million vehicles as of 2005. About 423,754 or more than half of the 729,299 private cars in the whole country were registered in Metro Manila.

Data showed that as of 2005, a total of 5.06 million vehicles were registered around the whole country, of which 4.079 million were private vehicles; 898,019 were vehicles for hire; 77,953 were government vehicles; and 4,586 were vehicles either with diplomatic plates or exempted from registration.

Private vehicles included 729,299 cars; 1.378 million utility vehicles including jeeps, vans and AUVs; 152,248 sports utility vehicles; 1.553 million motorcycles; 241,624 trucks; 4,355 buses; and 20,600 trailers.

On the other hand, vehicles for hire included 44,578 taxicabs; 222,094 jeepney and other public utility vehicles including FX taxis; 25,990 buses; 584,698 tricycles; 17,325 trucks; and 3,183 trailers.

Outside Metro Manila, private car ownership was highest in Cebu with 27,273 cars; 69,899 UVs; and 6,674 SUVs. Other provinces with large number of private cars, UVs and luxury vehicles were Laguna, Bulacan, Pampanga and Cavite.

Yesterday afternoon at Fuente


...CONTINUATION


Chong Hua Hospital
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Midtown Hotel and Robinsons Place
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A bench at the park
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Metrobank and Crown Regency
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...CONTINUATION


Rule breakers
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Metrobank and Crown Regency (u/c)
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Midtown Hotel
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Chong Hua Hospital (annex building)
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Countdown timer for the ASEAN Summit, sponsored by the Lhuillier group. The countdown signals the start of the city's beautification project of the city in general and with the ceremonial route in particular.

I think this is the ceremonial route to/from the hotels to/from the CICC:

Sergio Osmeña Avenue (North Recla) - Legaspi St. - Osmeña Boulevard (passing by Basilica Santo Niño all the way to Capitol) - Escario Street - Gorordo Avenue - Salinas Drive - Juan Luna Avenue - back to north recla and onwards to CICC in Mandaue Recla.


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...CONTINUATION
Rule breakers
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they should get run-over by those cars.... j/k

i remember when my uncle jay walked way, way back in the past dinha dapita sa fuente, instead of paying the fine nagpadakop nalang siya coz isakay man sila atong bus.. i forgot the name but i remember it said children free ride something.. then they are brought to the police station near our house, katong old ramos market nga gi demolish na long ago.

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Victoria Marin

Victoria Marin believes that strong, dynamic women can still be fresh, fun, flirty and downright sexy. Her jewelry collections reflect this in the solidity of silver, leather, stone and the timeless beauty of mother of pearl, wood, gemstones and pearls, combined with an eye towards freedom of movement and understated elegance.
Born to a French-Filipino father and a Spanish-Chinese mother, Victoria literally has the best of both worlds to influence her jewelry design -- a Western sophistication and broadness of view tempered by an Asian serenity and impeccable sense of harmony & balance.

Raised in Cebu, an island in the southern Philippines, Victoria as a child already loved creating, making her own jewelry and writing stories, most of which were about traveling to mysterious and exciting lands and having wonderful adventures. This led to her passion for travel and studying other cultures, which she thought would be fulfilled when she embarked on a career in modeling. After several successful years in the industry, Victoria realized that her urge to create was not being fulfilled as a model, and studying the world of fashion, she found many challenges behind the scenes.

However, this was precisely when internationally-renown recording artist Elkin Marin arrived on the scene and proceeded to sweep her off her feet. She had always loved music and for the next 16 years it became her life, as back in the limelight she couldn't seem to avoid, she collaborated with Elkin on Spanish and English songs and several albums that they would perform together in a nonstop series of gigs and concerts that took them all around the world.

Victoria's personal style flourished and became influenced by the culture, history and natural beauty of the countries she lived in and had become a part of. In India, in particular, Victoria became fascinated with the amazing blend of spirituality and lavish decadence of the country. The remarkable textures, colours and styles and the skillful workmanship made the place a treasure trove for any imaginative designer. She was always impressed by how even the poorest women in India, no matter how shabbily dressed, took pride in their appearance and never failed to adorn themselves carefully and beautifully. It reminded her how a person can make themselves feel better by looking good and how just a simple, well-chosen piece can make an outfit. This is when she decided that the time was right for her to finally go back to her dream of designing, with silver jewelry as her primary focus.

Returning to Barcelona where they were based at the time, they decided to put their first designs to the test and were encouraged by how favorably they were received in several trendy boutiques around Spain.

By then Victoria had lived over a decade away from home and found herself missing the more laid-back life and exotic allure of Asia. She was beginning to feel like they had lived in Europe far too long and the thought of going back made sense. Now, although the materials they use for their jewelry are sourced from all over the world, the assembly is done in their factory on the island of Cebu.

What she wants most of all to convey in her work is the blending of the past and present, as well as what she herself is, a fitting fusion of East and West. Her love of architecture and archaelogy influenced many of her pieces, such as the Torii gates in their Shogun collection, an example of historical monuments with a modern twist.

Though she still travels regularly, studying yogic teachings in India or exploring the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, she's perfectly content to be home, sitting in their studio and doing what she loves best: creating designs and seeing them come vividly to life. Currently Victoria is designing her own line of handbags and home accessories and is working on a new album with Elkin.


Source:
http://www.victoriamarin.com/about.htm

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Hilario G. Davide, Jr.

Davide was born on December 20, 1935 in the remote barangay of Colawin, in Argao, Cebu to Hilario P. Davide, Sr., a retired Schools Division Superintendent, and Josefa L. Gelbolingo, a former public school teacher. He completed his primary education at Argao Central Elementary School and secondary education at Abellana Vocational High School. In college, he went to the University of the Philippines where he initially took up Associate in Arts in 1955. In the same year, he entered the U.P. College of Law as an entrance scholar.

Legislator and Constitutionalist
Davide was later elected as delegate of the 4th district of Cebu to the Constitutional Convention (ConCon) in 1971. In 1978, he was elected assemblyman for Cebu in the Interim Batasang Pambansa (Interim National Legislature) under the opposition. He was its first Minority Floor Leader. He filed the most number of bills of national significance, as well as resolutions to lift martial law, some of which are outnumbered by the dominant party KBL. In February 1986, then President Corazon C. Aquino convened the Constitutional Commission (ConCom), and appointed Davide one of its fifty Commissioners.

COMELEC and the 1989 coup
In February 1988, President Aquino appointed Davide as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). In December 1, 1989, military rebels attempt to oust President Aquino by a bloody coup attempt. After the rebels retreated, President Aquino appointed Davide as Chairman of the Presidential Fact-finding Commission to conduct an investigation on the rebellion and the involvement in of military, civilian officials and private persons. Congress passed Republic Act No. 6832, enhanced Davide's power through a broader Fact-finding Commission to conduct a thorough investigation.

Supreme Court
Davide was appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on January 24, 1991. From January 2, 1996 to August 30, 1997, in a concurrent position, he sat as a member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal overseeing the protest filed by former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Rodolfo Biazon. The protests were dismissed in 1998 when petitioners gained the Senate seat in the May 11 election but the case against election officials were upheld in 2004. He was also the Working Chairman of the Court’s Third Division from January 2, 1996 to September 7, 1997, and Chairman of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal from September 1, 1997 to November 30, 1998 overseeing protests filed by congressional candidates.

On November 30, 1998, president Joseph Estrada appointed Davide the 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He took his oath of office at the Bonifacio Shrine in Manila.

In 2000, Davide served as the presiding officer of the Estrada impeachment trial. Following the EDSA II Revolution that toppled Estrada from power, Davide administered the oath of office to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in front of the massive crowd at the EDSA Shrine.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer named him the 2000 Filipino of the year. In 2003, he was given a Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service. As a call of duty and as a Cebuano, he administered the oath of office to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Noli de Castro in the Cebu City capitol.

Davide retired as chief magistrate on December 20, 2005 after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. He was succeeded by Artemio Panganiban.

In January 24, 2006, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Davide as presidential adviser on electoral reforms. He is expected to recommend measures and policies to the president that would help reform the country's electoral system, which is widely perceived by the Filipino public as corrupt. The appointment was announced on a Council of State meeting convened by Arroyo.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilario_Davide

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the award-winning author and editor of 12 books, including the internationally-acclaimed novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, Acapulco at Sunset and Other Stories, Philippine Woman in America, and Woman With Horns and Other Stories. She edited Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and Journey of 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of Philippine Independence. The book, Cecilia's Diary 1962-1968, was released in August 2003. The anthology, Behind the Walls: Life of Convent Girls, which she co-edited was released in 2005.

Her work has been translated into Finnish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.

Cecilia has received a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District. She has also been awarded by the Filipino and Filipino American communities she has served. In 1998, she received the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has received several travel grants in the Philippines, from the USIS (United States Information Service). In 2001, she received a Filipinas Magazine Award for Arts.

visit her website:
http://www.palhbooks.com/cbrainardhome.html

Romel de la Torre

Born in Cebu City, Philippines in a community of artists, Romel de la Torre's artistic interest started at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents and relatives he began sketching the world around him. He started getting awards and recognition from school competitions and at age 10 appeared on TV after receiving a medal for his painting.

In the late 70's Romel and his family moved to the United States where he began going to museums studying and learning on his own, works of famous artists like Sargent, Sorolla, Fechin, Mucha, and the American Impressionists. The exposure to these masters paintings laid a strong foundation to his belief of what great art is.

He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was awarded the President's Foundation Award and The Union League Scholarship Award. After graduating with a fine arts concentration, Romel continued to paint in the Chicago area and joined The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he began painting with nationally renown artist Richard Schmid and a community of other painters. It was a turning point of his creative and artistic career.

The artist now paints full time and currently instructs advanced painting and portraiture at The Palette and Chisel Academy on Fine Arts, Chicago. He is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America; his oils, pastels, watercolors, and portraits are housed in private collections throughout the United States and several foreign countries. His paintings has been featured in The Artists Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, and the U.S. Art Magazine. Among his most important honors is the '94 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Best of Show and the Artists Magazine Portrait Artist of the Year. His most recent awards includes; Progress Energy Florida Invitational (Best of Show), 2005 Oil Painters of America (Award of Excellence), and the 2005 Salon International Award.

visit his website:
http://www.romeldelatorre.com/

Economist: Cebu-wide ecozone thrust possible
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 08/02/2006

Economist Cayetano W. Paderanga said the private sector's aim to transform the entire Cebu into an economic zone is possible, however it needs a determined and proactive push from Cebuanos.

"It's a possible plan, but it requires [major] discussions, and lobbying with the policy makers," Paderanga said.

Making Cebu province into an ecozone is one of the flagship projects to be initiated by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) starting this year, under the leadership of its new president Francis O. Monera.

Monera said although this is an ambitious project, the private sector in Cebu will lead this major transformation, in order to push tremendous province-wide economic growth.

Paderanga said powerful advocacies, and closer coordination with the Department of Finance (DoF), policy makers, and the local government units, must be started to present this idea.

He added that the private sector must be ready to present counterpart reasons when LGUs will express apprehensions over revenue collection, as this concept is expected to decline revenue collections of cities and towns in Cebu, as companies are bound to enjoy fiscal incentives from the government.

During one of the recent visits of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Cebu, Monera personally presented this concept to the President, and the idea got the approval from Arroyo, although she said that CCCI will have to partner with the LGUs in this plan, because it deals with sensitive issues like revenue collection.

According to Paderanga, if Cebu will be successful in this plan, economic growth is further expected in the province.

However, he warned that Cebu must consider addressing the major problems affecting the attractiveness of Cebu, such as roads, and water supply.

"Clearly there is a question in [your] water supply here," Paderanga emphasized.

CCCI, on the other hand, is going to start an extensive feasibility study on the possibility of transforming the entire province to an economic zone, wherein all companies are bound to enjoy tax holidays from the government, like those enjoyed by firms operating in the specified economic zones around the country.

Aware that this concept will steer negative impression from the government executives especially the LGUs, Monera said assurance of long-term economic growth, and sound revenue collection by the LGUs in other forms of taxes will be presented.

While supporting this idea of province-wide economic zone in Cebu, major ICT (Information Communication Technology) players also urged the government to implement company-based incentives, not location based.

Lexmark Research and Development Corporation (LRDC) president Stan Combs, together with call center People Support president Bong Borja called the government to review its rules and regulations in extending perks to companies it should not depend on the location, but based on the company's potential.

Albert Tiu

Considered as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, Albert Tiu’s performing career has taken him to five continents, appearing as soloist with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Michigan Chamber Symphony, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Cape Town Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, Guangzhou Symphony, Philippine Philharmonic and Juilliard Symphony, among others. With an eclectic repertoire ranging from Sweelinck to Stockhausen, he has given solo recitals in venues such as the Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, Jack Singer Hall in Calgary, Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Hamburg Musikhalle, and the Great Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg.

A graduate of the Juilliard School where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Albert Tiu received the Juilliard William Petschek Award, which resulted in a debut recital in Lincoln Center. A First Prize winner in the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, he is also a prizewinner in competitions in Calgary, Santander, Helsinki, Seoul, and New York.

Born in Cebu, Philippines, Albert Tiu studied at the University of the Philippines and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has two solo CDs to his credit: Variations on the Arktos Canada label and Salamisim (Reminiscence), a collection of popular pieces released by Bookmark Audio Philippines. His arrangements of Hispanic music have been recorded in a CD entitled Concierto para trio , and were performed by himself and the T’ang Quartet during their last Christmas concert, as well as in the Concert for Hope, a charity concert in aid of the Tsunami victims.

visit his website:
http://www.musicalonline.com/alberttiu/

Lina Espina-Moore

Lina Espina-Moore (b. 1919) belongs to the post Second World War generation of Filipino writers who have contributed much to the vitality of Philippine Literature in English. She has written novels, short stories, essays, and poetry in Cebuano and in English. An outstanding fictionist, her novels and stories written in her native Cebuano have appeared in Bisaya magazine. She has published three novels in English: Heart of the Lotus (1970); A Lion in the House (1980), and The Honey, the Locusts (1992). Her short stories are found in two collections: Cuentos (1985), and Choice (1995).

Some her stories have been translated into Japanese, Mandarin, Mahasa, German, and Tagalog. The former Chair Person of the Cebu Chapter of PEN, she edited Cebuano Harvest (1991). For her distinguished service, she has received many awards, among them the Gawad Pampansang Algad ni Balagtas in 1992 and the SEAWRITE Award in 1989.

She also edited the short stories of another Cebuana writer, The Stories of Estrella Alfon.

Lina Espina-Moore was married for 17 years to C.S. (Kip) Moore, an American lumber company executive. They lived in Mt. Data, Mountain Province, where she wrote extensively on the life an times of the tribal minorities of the Central Cordilleras. She was widowed in 1976. She resided in Alabang, Metro Manila, but moved to her hometown Cebu in recent years to be with her son and his family.

In 2000, to fulfill a promise to Lina, Edna Zapanta Manlapaz wrote Austregelina: A Story of Lina Espina Moore's Life and Selected Works (Anvil).

http://www.palhbooks.com/Lina-Moore.html

Paolo Dy

Cebu-born, Manila-based award-winning director, cinematographer, screenwriter

AWARDS

FINALIST - 2005 NEW YORK FESTIVALS
Industrial Films Category
"Ayala Corporation: Someday, Today"
Direction & Cinematography by Paolo Dy

FIRST PLACE WINNER - MTV Asia's THE PITCH screenwriting competition
Singapore (2003)
"The Oracle of Avendale U" - feature screenplay
Written by Paolo Dy, Story by Paolo Dy & Cathy Azanza

WINNER - 2004 GOLD QUILL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“Ayala Corporation: What Makes A Company Great?”
Direction & Cinematography by Paolo Dy

FINALIST - 2004 NEW YORK FESTIVALS
Industrial Films Category
"Ayala Corporation: What Makes A Company Great?"
Direction & Cinematography by Paolo Dy

BEST IN SHOW - 2003 STI International HelpDesk Convention, Las Vegas
"The eTelecare Advantage" - convention video
eTelecare International
Direction & Cinematography by Paolo Dy

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - UP Black Beret Competition 2003
"Salimisim" - short film
Cinematography by Paolo Dy

visit his website:
http://www.paolody.com/

Midtown Hotel and Robinsons Place
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wowow. cooool pics bai arnoldsa., the pic above looks like a mini central park.. hihi.. :D

Works of
Adeste Deguilmo

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"Graben, Street Concert in Vienna, Austria"

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"Pieta"

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"Girl with Flower"

Materials: Oil Pastels

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"Fuente Osmeña Park at Night"

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"Sinulog Performers Taking a Rest"

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"Cebu Cathedral at Early Morn"

Materials: Oil on Canvas

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"Girl Sewing"

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"Happy Guitar Man"

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"Old Woman with Rice"

Posts #37-39
Materials Used: Ink and Washes

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"Girl with Pot"

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"Girl with Sto. Niño"

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"Girl with Flowers"

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"Girl with Sto Niño II"

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"Sabungero"

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"Girl Reading"

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"Fruit Vendor"

^^ Really nice. Are those done in pastel or oil paint?

Post # 35 Oil Pastels
Post # 36 Oil on Canvas
Post # 37-39 Ink and Washes

Works of : Benjie Goyha

A View from Discovery Hills
http://gallery.cebu-online.com/goyha/a_view_from_discovery_hills.jpg
Price: $535.00
Media: Oil Pastels

Que Sera Sera
http://gallery.cebu-online.com/goyha/queserasera.jpg
Price: $435.00
Media: Acrylic Paint

Sunset
http://gallery.cebu-online.com/goyha/sunset.jpg
Price: $535.00
Media: Oil Pastels

Post # 35 Oil Pastels
Post # 36 Oil on Canvas
Post # 37-39 Ink and Washes

Thanks! Sometimes it is hard to distinguish both. :D I like the portrait paintings by the way. :)

Works of: Celso Duazo Pepito

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"Love, Works and Aspiration"
Price: $1735.00

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"Love, Respect and Patience"
Price: $735.00

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"Coloring this World"
Price: $435.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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"Sense of Intimacy"
Price: $435.00

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"Beyond Difficulties"
Price: $275.00

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"Essence of Care"
Price: $435.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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"Youthful Motherhood"
Price: $435.00

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"Intimating Relationship"
Price: $635.00

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"Communion with Nature"
Price: $1535.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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"Domain of Faith"
Price: $1035.00

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"Homage to my Hometown"
Price: $835.00

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"Moral Bankruptcy"
Price: $2435.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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"Abundance of Nature"
Price: $735.00

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"Uncompromise Satisfaction"
Price: $635.00

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"Youthful Sacrifice"
Price: $635.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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google picz

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"Life's Music"
Price: $235.00

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"Nature's Treasures"
Price: $275.00

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"Guiding Lights"
Price: $235.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

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"Silent Offering"
Price: $235.00

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"Nature's Harmony"
Price: $235.00

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"Reflection of God's Wonder"
Price: $235.00

Media Used: Oil Pastels

Sketches

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Price: $95.00

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Price: $95.00

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Price: $95.00

Media Used: Coloured and Non-Coloured Pencil on Paper

Sketches

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s12.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s13.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s14.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s09.jpg
Price: $95.00

Media Used: Pencil on Paper

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google picz

bai I love the Pic!
Cebu: the maritime capital of the philippines...

bai ang t-shirt gisugdan na nako ug printa...
nice kaayu!...
bai I-extend lang ang printing ha...
makuha dili karon wednesday.., friday na lang sa buntag ha...
busy man gud pero sure na... no more extension...

mark di ko ka reply nimo ron adlawa kay nabilin ang fon ni wendell...

Sketches

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Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s18.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s19.jpg
Price: $95.00

Media Used: Pen & Ink / Watercolor on Paper

Sketches

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s20.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s21.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s22.jpg
Price: $95.00

Media Used: Pen & Ink / Watercolor on Paper

^^ Ayus bai! :okay: Mura'g dili Cebu!

Sketches

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s23.jpg
Price: $95.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s24.jpg
Price: $95.00

Media Used: Pen & Ink / Watercolor on Paper

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/pepito/s25.jpg
Price: $95.00

Media Used: Pencil on Paper

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.w.e.l.c.o.m.e.


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mao ni! hehehe...
mahala pug t-shirt ninyo bai oi!
Dickies man gyud....

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Celso Duazo Pepito

Pepito holds a Fine Arts degree with fifty five group exhibitions and five solo exhibitions to his credit since 1977. A consistent award winner in various local art compet- itions, he is among the socially active and prolific artists in the local art scene. His resourcefulness and character earned him a reputation which eventually elected him to CAI's presidency.

Pepito's works focus on the genre themes alternating between Impressionistic and Cubistic manner. While keeping up with the traditional practice of landscape and portrait painting he also ventured into other pictorial composition, often in the Mannerist tradition. Inadvertently, his approach to composition which he typically immersed with randomly placed figures and spatial divisions seems to mimic the idea of analytical composition, a field that supposedly requires a studied approach between relative interactions of visual dimensions.The work somehow leaves one with a congestive sense for repetition and exaggeration of various components, and instead of growing out from the subject, it proposes an artificial setup that the picture is forced into.

At any rate, art and reality is full of unguarded ambiguities. Along this sense of 'horror vacui' we can expect anxieties and its lapses, for it is the artist's desire to say something new. The most telling factor is that Pepito's works rest on on his personal leanings towards his subject. His artworld is an exhortation of pragmatic images, sentiments that appealed for the common man and his values of familial and universal brotherhood.

bai ang t-shirt gisugdan na nako ug printa...
nice kaayu!...
bai I-extend lang ang printing ha...
makuha dili karon wednesday.., friday na lang sa buntag ha...
busy man gud pero sure na... no more extension...

mark di ko ka reply nimo ron adlawa kay nabilin ang fon ni wendell...


Ok lang bai. Ayaw lang dali-daliah. Pero ang kato ako ipaapas nga tshirt?

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Dong Secuya

As a child, Dong Secuya exactly knew what he wanted to do with his life--to be an artist. However, life does not always travel in a straight line. Endowed with a curious and adventurous disposition coupled with life's responsibilities, Secuya had ventured out into other fields, specifically the business professions where he gradually rose from the ranks. He held various positions as an accountant, computer analyst and programmer, and as an administrative officer.

But this corporate success is not the end of the road. At this point, Secuya felt an unwholesome, alienating effects of the big city's business life that he changed course to the source--to devote himself back to painting.

In Cebu, Secuya easily assimilated with prominent artists and is now actively involve with the CAI program of activities. Since 1991, he participated in twenty-one group shows, 18 held in Cebu and 3 in Manila.

With renewed spirit, Secuya consistently paints in oil, portraying typical scenes of rural life in the country. His landscapes convey a sense of life's rawness, often tranquil, serene and, sometimes, verging to the romantic. For him, painting is a world of one's intimation to the transitory aspects of life and its human condition.

Moreover, Secuya's art continually probes to other creative frontiers. As a programmer and analyst he made the initiative to access the CAI group to the Internet, a landmark as being the first art organization in the Philippines to do so.

^^ Ayus bai! :okay: Mura'g dili Cebu!

bai mark.. mu puno man kaha ka ug t-shirt?...
ambi na bai.. para daghan2x sad..
dili usik ang ink...
hinuon dili man usik...
uniform... uniform... uniform....

Dong Secuya's Works:

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"On the Road to Carcar"
Media: Inkjet on Photopaper / Created with Painter 3D
Size: 8" x 10"
Price: US$185.00

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"Punta Engaño"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: US$335.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/secuya/kabukalan.jpg
"Kabukalan"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30" x 40"
Price: US$635.00

Shipping cost outside the Philippines already included with the price.
If painting will be shipped within the Philippines, shipping discount will be given.
Painting will be shipped without framing if shipped outside the Philippines.

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"Pardo Swamps"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: US$275.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/secuya/standby.jpg
"Stand By"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: US$275.00

http://gallery.cebu-online.com/secuya/wild_flowers.jpg
"Wild Flowers"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30" x 40"
Price: US$635.00

Shipping cost outside the Philippines already included with the price.
If painting will be shipped within the Philippines, shipping discount will be given.
Painting will be shipped without framing if shipped outside the Philippines.

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J. Karl Roque

Born in Iligan City (with Bulacan roots) in November 28, 1960, J. Karl P. Roque, Jr. is a Fine Arts graduate of the University of the Philippines, Cebu College. A consistent awardee of the school's annual art competition (1979-1987), Karl later become a Fine Arts professor while maintaining the status of a full-time painter.

As an artist, Karl's works veered away from the standardized world of traditional painting. While exploiting the graphic formalism of realistic renditions the artist associates them to the environs of pure pictorial elements, an abstraction, or creative dimensional play between the realms of perceiving a being and what is about to become.

Along the line of contemporary expressions, the artist's preferred medium is oil though he explored on various unconventional media. Karl's paintings have a uniqueness of its own. His minimal approach to a given subject, or even the collage works of indigenous materials, are by themselves subjectively loaded with contrasting nuances, symbolical projections and often totemic in character. More often, his objects convey an image of an icon whose apparition seems to evoke a spell of some portentous elements against its own hostile environment. A curse of the primitives? Nevertheless, his works are keenly sparing as to its indulgence of the esoteric, or to a mere visual punning of the incogrous, bizarre and dislocated imageries. Those visual associations seem to reflect its own fate before consuming itself to the royal road of the Unconscious. So instead of living exclusively on the night world of the mind, his works emerged in wakeful presence of our time's social and ecological problems. The spirit of conservation is made manifest through recurring themes of ethnic images juxtaposed by the predatory landscape of technology and its threatend ecosystem.

As a Cebu-based artist, Karl's aesthetic is a reminder that art is not and cannot be confined to established canons of beauty, a fact that we often attribute so comfortably to the cultural world. An artist has a social and intellectual role and, if need be, assume a critical approach to society.

Karl P. Roque has a number of art exhibits around the country. Moreover, looking at his works would leave one to find a certain kinship of the artist's dual influence: if Surrealism's use for symbolic language denotes on that soul-searching notion to salvage a lost self, then, likewise, Social Realism is also the equivalent moral imperative of saving something from its extinction. Spiritual enlightenment coupled with a recognition of the earth's vulnerability to man's reckless ways is definitely among the major concerns of the modern man's existence.

^^ sa PM lang ta bai.

J Karl P. Roque's Works

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"Children's Dreams"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Eve's Garden"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Tagbantay"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"End of Innocence"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"After the Rain"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Pagbuklad"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Kumukupas na Daigdig"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"He Who Leads the Way"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 43.5" x 57.25"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Red Oxide Morning"
Media: Mixed Media
Price: US$1000.00

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"Y2K+"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 62" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Reef # 98"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 62" x 48"
Price: US$1000.00

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"Journey's End"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 39" x 40"
Price: US$500.00

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"Lippizaner Horses"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 28" x 40"
Price: US$835.00

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"Two Birds"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 12" x 15"
Price: US$195.00

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"White Flowers"
Media: Oil on Paper
Size: 20" x 27"
Price: US$335.00

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"Nelken"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 16" x 19"
Price: US$235.00

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"Neighbor's Balcony"
Media: Oil on Paper
Price: US$735.00

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"Saging-Saging Flowers"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 20" x 29"
Price: US$335.00

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"The Reading Hermit"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 27"
Price: US$635.00

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"Woman Scric No. 2"
Media: Oil on Paper
Size: 28.5" x 20"
Price: US$335.00

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"Golden Sun Over Vienna"
Media: Mix Media
Size: 28" x 40"
Price: US$635.00

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"Mabuhay"
Media: Oil on Paper
Size: 23" x 35"
Price: US$435.00

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"Sunset in Bohol"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 28"
Price: US$335.00

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"Olango Island"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 28"
Price: US$335.00

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"In the Mountains"
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 28"
Price: US$435.00

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"Cockfight"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 20" x 28"
Price: US$235.00

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Luis Maria Nadela Bagayas

Born: October 20, 1972

Second of four children of Rodolfo H. Bagayas and Vilma G. Nadela

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Advertising, USC 1990 - 1994

Started oil painting seriously -- middle 1994

Style -- impressionist, expressionist, abstract

Joined group exhibits of Cebu Artists, Inc. from 1998 up to the present

Luis Bagayas' Works

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"Women with Jars"
Media: Oil
Size: 14" x 17"
Price: US$160.00

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"By The Lake"
Media: Oil
Size: 14" x 17"
Price: US$210.00

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"Landscape I"
Media: Oil
Size: 15" x 24"
Price: US$335.00

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"Woman's Womb"
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: US$385.00

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Sonia Yrastorza
Fine Arts graduate of the University of the Philippines in Cebu in 1980, went full swing with her art first as an educator. Subsequently, she worked as an Art Club Moderator of St. Theresa's College, Cebu, followed by her Summer Art Worshop at Inver Treasure House. She has been surrounded by antiques, old artifacts and paintings, her father being an avid and professional collector of the trade.

As a daughter of a culturally inclined family, her love for oil and watercolor painting easily became second nature to ther, and she gradually evolved as an artist with a distinct image of her own.

Yrastorza's figurative works can be derived through her strong penchant for happy nostalgic moments, reminiscence of ancestral houses and their interiors, of weathered dwellings, untended gardens and of memories long gone. Suggestive of the Impressionistic sense but often in tones and coloring, her subjects seem to focus one's sense of time and place--still-life antiques sitting on modern interiors, houseyards suggesting abandon and neglect, or even objects seemingly left behind to its own quiet reverie.

Now a mother of two, who juggles between managing an antique business while painting, she has formed a deeper strength in her life as an artist.

Sonia Yrastorza's Works

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"Southern Spring"
Media: Oil
Size: 23 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Price: US$595.00

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"Cattleyas in Bloom"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 25" x 37"
Price: US$635.00

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"By The Window"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 14 1/2"
Price: US$215.00

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"The Way II"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 10" x 7"
Price: US$135.00

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"Welcome"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 10" x 7"
Price: US$135.00

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"Simple Joys"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 20"
Price: US$275.00

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"View From Home"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 20"
Price: US$215.00

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"By The Old Bridge"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 10" x 14"
Price: US$215.00

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"Sunflowers"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 10 1/2" x 14"
Price: US$215.00

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"Orange and Green"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 10"
Price: US$215.00

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"Serenity"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 28" x 20"
Price: US$435.00

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"Clear Waters"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14.5" x 21.5"
Price: US$335.00

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"Xavi"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 18"
Price: US$435.00

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"The Gift"
Media: Watercolor
Size: 14" x 9.5"
Price: US$195.00

^^pwede pa diay paapas? mokuha unta duha ka amigo nko pero daghan nasad kaayo oi, di na nya maato... I can't wait to wear the t shirt...hehe

Shipping cost outside the Philippines already included with the price.
If painting will be shipped within the Philippines, shipping discount will be given.
Painting will be shipped without framing if shipped outside the Philippines.

Asturias, Cebu

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Asturias Church viewed from the auditorium side.

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Asturias Church interior.

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Asturias Church

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Asturias Auditorium

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Asturias Park

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Asturias Seaside

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Mother and Child

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A Penny for your thoughts

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Children's Playground by the Sea

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Road Connecting Asturias and Balamban

bout you mike? wa lagi ka nag pa print og shirt... bisag shirt man lng unta to, in the spirit of SSC Cebu :)

^^ Lagi @slerz, ganahan unta ko ug t-shirt pero wa ko kibaw unsaon nako paghatag ug pagclaim sa t-shirt kay di jud ko makalakaw :(

Aloguinsan, Cebu

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Aloguinsan Church

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Standing By

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Aloguinsan Kids

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Aloguinsan Church statue

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A roadside cockpit/market in Olango, Aloguinsan

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Gas drilling in the heart of Aloguinsan mountains

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The gas drilling tower as seen from afar

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The girls in Olango, Aloguinsan

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/residents.jpg
Aloguinsan townsfolk

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/roadside.laundry.jpg
Doing the Laundry

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/roots.jpg
Old Roots

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/rotunda.jpg
Aloguinsan Rotunda

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/view.of.municipal.hall.jpg
Aloguinsan Municipal Hall

Credits to: Make it Cebu! www.makeitcebu.com

^^ Beautiful pics sinjin... credit: makeitcebu.com

Anyway, kinsa ang naay mga Youtube sa Holiday Commercials nila Teban og Goliat? I miss dem guys :D

bai where man ko maka apas ug submit sa tshirt?

...i forgot the name but i remember it said children free ride something.. then they are brought to the police station near our house, katong old ramos market nga gi demolish na long ago.

It's a Bust Bus. A modified Kaoshiung bus intended for Cebu City Police.

^^ Nice pix Sinjin. Not only the physical beauty of the island that was captured but also the ones that make the island beautiful, the people.

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Rule breakers
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/fuente_park_13.jpg


I remember this na na-Citizen Patrol sa usa ka Cebuana sa TV Patrol World earlier this year ang about Crossing Jones sa Fuente Overpass.

CEBU PROVINCE
437th Founding Anniversary

@Some photos I took yesterday


Carcar Academy Performing Arts
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary03.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary04.jpg


A rendering of Cebuano songs at the end of each dance presentation
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary05.jpg



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CEBU PROVINCE
437th Founding Anniversary


Exhibits from the different municipalities of Cebu, each promoting its tourism potential, handicrafts, products, etc.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary06.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary07.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary10.jpg


Argao promoted itself as a heritage destination while Alcoy (next picture) boasted of it having the world's biggest dolomite deposit.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary08.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary09.jpg



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CEBU PROVINCE
437th Founding Anniversary

@Some photos I took yesterday


The booths/exhibits runs from July 30 - August 5, 2006
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary14.jpg

Handicrafts
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary11.jpg

Photo exhibits
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary12.jpg

Dinner! Pork barbeque: P10 per piece, Chorizo: P15 per piece, Rice: P2, Beer: P20
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary13.jpg

The Provincial Capitol
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/capitol_anniversary15.jpg


:wave: :wave: :wave: .:END:. :wave: :wave: :wave:

^^ The Provincial Capitol looks so grand!

bay marki kanus a iapas ang kwangan sa t shirt

hello mga bro....... bag o pa ko hehehehe... ako diay to mag print sa t-shirt den napa man daw idungag ato....

Aw ikaw diay mo print bai. Wala pa man ko kahibaw sa uban. Ako sa sila i-contact bai then ako ingnun nga ugma. ok ra? Bai sa PM lang tubag.

Is this a rendering for the Cebu Boardwalk?
http://cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/boardwalk0417-06.jpg

Martino Abellana
The Dean of Cebuano Painters

Martino Abellana (1914-1986) is a central figure in the development of most Cebuano artists. Born to an artistic family, he was exposed to art early. His father, Teofilo, a school principal and assiduous reader, was the sculptor of Carcar, and his elder brother, Ramon a dentist by profession, is also a sculptor as well as a musician and composer of original pieces. Even his grandfather, Saloy Abellana, was an apprentice to Isabelo Tampingco in Manila. An all-around artist, he was a composer, painter, sculptor, embroiderer of liturgical vestments and an expert in arnis de mano. A painting of his was brought to the Manila Carnival to represent Cebu. Another artist of the Abellana family was Sindulfo Abellana to whom Romulo Galicano, another well-known Cebuano artist, was an apprentice.

The recognized "dean of Cebuano painters", Martino Abellana was a mentor to an entire generation of painters. He finished his formal art education at the School of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines where he was under the tutelage of those artist-gentlemen of the Old School: Fernando Amorsolo and Guillermo Tolentino, as well as Vicente Rivera y Mir, Ramon Peralta, Irineo Miranda, and Pablo Amorsolo, brother of Fernando. Among his classmates were Cesar Legaspi, Carlos Francisco, Ricarte Puruganan, Simon Saulog and others.

After his graduation in 1938, he taught freehand drawing and rendering to architectural students at the Cebu Institute of Technology when it was still a humble cluster of quonset huts on Ramos Street. Sometime later, he joined a group of artists doing mural paintings with muralist Architect Enrique Ruiz as contractor and designer. This group included Vicente Manansala, Victor Loyola, Marcelino Sanchez, Arsenio Capili, Lu Ocampo and Recarte Puruganan. Two big murals were finished when war abruptly ended the group's activities. One was a religious mural for the San Marcelino Church and the other was for the Time Theatre owned by the Aranetas, both in Manila. During the war Abellana's artistic activities were limited to sketches and studies and a few portraits. With the coming of Americans after the liberation, Abellana was always in demand to do portraits specially with the American Officers. The Fifties saw Abellana garnering a number of awards. Among them was successive first prizes awards in the Art Association of the Philippines annual art contests in 1952 and 1953.

Later, he became the head of the fine arts program of the University of the Philippines in Cebu where he left his greatest legacy by influencing an entire generation of Cebuano painters. When Martino Abellana died in 1986, an uneding line of artists, old and young, paid their last respects to the maestro of Cebuano art. Today he is honored by having an annual art competition made under his name.

http://cebu-online.com/cai/abellana/abellana.php

Is this a rendering for the Cebu Boardwalk?
http://cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/boardwalk0417-06.jpg
I've that's how Cebu's gonna look in the next 5 years, I'm definitely going home for good. Good job on that one. Three cheers for CEBU! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Is this a rendering for the Cebu Boardwalk?
http://cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/boardwalk0417-06.jpg

Chada! Nindut! Nami! Ganda ng plano! :applause: :banana2:

Matangtang lang unta ang baho sa tubig gikan sa mga estero.

But Wow! Cebu!. Does this runs all the way to the Ouano's Yard? :?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/304/5p4302995vm1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
google picz

love this pic..


bai mark.. mu puno man kaha ka ug t-shirt?...
ambi na bai.. para daghan2x sad..
dili usik ang ink...
hinuon dili man usik...
uniform... uniform... uniform....

until knusa imo deadlyn bai ky next week pa abot ako allowance.. wala pa ko wawarts ron.. hehe

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/children.jpg


from left: arnold boi, slerz and markiiboi :D :D :D


OT: ahhh mura daghan ra kaayo ang pics..

About the IT building across pag-ibig WT(willy te) tower.

It's just a 15 storey bldg. excluding the 2 basements for parking. It's supposed to be a 22 storey bldg. but according to the zoning of Cebu Business Park. That parcel of land fronting ayala center, FGU, Marriott and Pag-Ibig WT tower will only have to cater 15 storey and below buildings. If you have notice there are low rise banks there namely metrobank and security bank.

About the FENCE near or beside Lexmark Construction Site.

It's not a new construction site going on around CBP. It's where the land or soils excavated from the on going Ayalce Center expansion will be drop off.

Source: Engr. Clint Beethoven Tan of Jardine Schindler Elevators
(their elevators will be use for the 12 storey pioneer alianz beside
unionbank and that 15 storey bldg across Pag-Ibig WT tower)
Engr. Whly Ngujo of Fastem Construction, Inc.
(Manila base general contractor of the on going Tower Palace)

ey hans, can u pm me Clint's cell number if you have any? he's a friend back in college hehehe... i've not heard of this guy for a long time. Nindot ni da kay thru SSC pa nako mahibaw-an hehehe.. thanks bai.

^^ Are there new updates bai slimer? hehehe

wa pa koy nahibaw-an ron bai. if makontak nako na si Clint, im sure daghan to nahibaw-an hehehe... Anyway naa nasad si Hans mohatag ug daghan update.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Osmeña: History of global trade in Cebu
By Antonio V. Osmeña
Estatements

Today, standing beside a Cebu City fire department station is a simple cross. It is all that remained of one of the richest churches in the 19th century Philippines.

Destroyed not by war or natural disaster, the exquisite Parian parish church was demolished in an act of vengeance aimed directly at Cebu’s powerful Chinese mestizo community.

In 1849, after two decades of conflict, the Spanish governor general ordered the suppression of the Parian parish and the destruction of its church.

Thirty years later the Spanish bishop of Cebu carried out that order and the church was disassembled stone by stone-a unique event in Philippine ecclesiastical history and, perhaps, even in the history of Christendom.

This bitter, protracted conflict was but one indication of the rising influence of the mestizo minority in 19th century Cebu and its seminal role in the formation of the city’s modern elite.

The official opening of Manila to foreign trade in 1834 led to the widespread cultivation of commercial crops that were in increasing demand in world markets.

In the 1940s, Cebu’s hinterland and most of the lowland plains along the east coast of the island, were used for sugar cultivation. Crude rolling devices were erected and sugar was shipped to Manila for export.

By mid-century, Cebu province had become one of the Philippines leading sugar producers. Cebu City was well on its way to becoming a major center of commerce. It was the mestizo merchants and ship owners who played leading roles in all aspects of the external trade with Manila and the Visayas, and, as sugar production increased, they reaped considerable profits.

There can be little doubt that the mestizos were among the prime movers in the development of Cebu’s sugar production. But they were not alone in these pursuits. Another important element had appeared—a small but very influential group of Spanish merchants.

Although there were no more than six (almost all from the mother country), these Spaniards played a critical role in the trade with Manila and the development of commercial sugar production, by extending large amounts of credit to primary producers and mestizo middlemen. They acquired land in the city and in nearby municipalities and owned sailcraft, houses and warehouses.

Through their commercial activities, most of them accumulated considerable wealth and settled permanently in Cebu. These Spaniards interacted quite closely with the leading mestizo merchants not only by loaning them money and engaging in business, but also by sharing the higher position in the urban society.

In 1960, the Spanish government issued a decree opening the port of Cebu to direct foreign trade. In 1863, foreign vessels began to appear in Cebu to take cargoes of sugar and hemp for direct shipment to ports outside the Philippines.

By 1866, in response to the new economic opportunities, four major foreign business houses had established agencies in Cebu.

In the mid-18th century, the City of Cebu was bound to Manila by ecclesiastical, bureaucratic and mercantile ties. By the end of the 19th century. Cebu had become an autonomous entrepot dealing directly with the centers of global economy.

The City had tightened its hold over a greatly expanded hinterland and effectively drew away western Leyte, Bohol, northern Mindanao and eastern Negros from Manila’s orbit. For this extensive region, the lines of capital, shipping, imports and exports led first to Cebu and from there to the centers of the world economy

Today, Cebu continues to emerge as the archipelago’s business city because its political leaders and merchants promoted regional autonomy, not national integration. The vibrant Cebuano language resisted the encroachment of a Tagalog-based national language

Is this a rendering for the Cebu Boardwalk?
http://cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/boardwalk0417-06.jpg

Actually, pwede bya ka mangutana sa gahimo ana bai. mo-reply sad siya.

It's good to have inside scoopers here in SSC. :cool:

If those are really the renders for the Cebu Boardwalk then it'd be like a Hong Kong housing projct. Wow! I mean, I quite sure that those random high-rise buildings are going to be condominiums judging from their designs.

^^ Yeah sinjin, ask the one who made that rendering if it is Cebu. :D

^^

sayang tung 15-storey building kilid atbang sa Pag-Ibig noh? Nisugot nalang unta ang CHI nga i 22-storeys tu... At least sila man sad mu benefit kay munindot na ang CBP..

^^ nag wonder sad ko bai nganu dili pwede ang 22 storeys didto nga pwede sa uban nga area sa CBP.

^^so 15 storeys lang nang building atbang pag ibig?

^^ yup yup. pero murag dugay na man kaayu na sila pero naa pa ghapun sa basement. basin maapsan na sila sa pioneer. hehehe

^^unsa man sad nang pioneer bai?

^^ nag wonder sad ko bai nganu dili pwede ang 22 storeys didto nga pwede sa uban nga area sa CBP.

para dili matabonan ang view sa likod? ehehehhehehe :)

^^ pioneer alianz ba kato tunga sa unionbank ug sa showroom sa tower palace.

http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/8670/img02883atlm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/7469/img02872wdai0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

took these pics last yr pa before i joined SSC.. could this be the u/c across pag-ibig?

My first post... testing lang ni bai. Greetings from the Great Lakes. I've enjoyed reading this thread for over a year.

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/aloguinsan/children.jpg
http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/asturias/asturias.seaside.02.jpg
Asturias Seaside

http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/asturias/asturias.seaside.03.jpg
http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/photos/albums/userpics/tc/asturias/asturias.seaside.jpg


Very nice Sinjin, did you take these yourself? Such an eye for an art. You're very talented !!!!

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/304/5p4302995vm1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
google picz

wow. astig! the seaside has this charm... it's hard to explain. if they give it a major face lift, it's gonna be spanking kewl.

Yesterday afternoon at Fuente


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Chong Hua Hospital
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/fuente_park_11.jpg


Midtown Hotel and Robinsons Place
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/fuente_park_03.jpg


A bench at the park
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/fuente_park_01.jpg


Metrobank and Crown Regency
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/fuente_park_07.jpg

Good job arnold! :okay: great green urban shots!

My first post... testing lang ni bai. Greetings from the Great Lakes. I've enjoyed reading this thread for over a year.

Welcome To SSC Philippines Wishbone7054! enjoy your stay here. :cool:

Very nice Sinjin, did you take these yourself? Such an eye for an art. You're very talented !!!!

Nope Diesel, if you could see the watermark, it's actually from Make It Cebu!

Is this a rendering for the Cebu Boardwalk?
http://cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/boardwalk0417-06.jpg

Nice rendering there..
Is there any closer angle for that renderings??

By the way, can we purchase some of those printed shirts??

^^ Bai, nipalit ra man gud me amo own shirts then gidungan ug pa print. if you want pwede ka makasubmit ug shirt para sa second batch of printing.

^^marki u rcved my message about sa tshirt?

Philippines assures completion of new convention center for ASEAN summit

The Philippine government assured Wednesday that the convention center in Cebu, central Philippines, will be completed before the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in December.

Presidential Chief Protocol Marciano Paynor said construction of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in Mandaue is near its completion stage and will be operational by November 15.

"The CICC is 54.4 percent completed with a positive slippage of 2.6 percent. I am very aware of various concerns in Cebu. The Cebu provincial government led by Governor Gwen Garcia is vigorously ensuring CICC be completed by November 15," Paynor told a press briefing.

"It was told the interior of the building is already finished and that furnishings are being considered now. That is not a problem knowing fully well that Cebu has a robust furniture industry," he added.

The ASEAN summit is scheduled on December 11 to 13, to be followed by a summit meeting of leaders of China, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN countries also known as 2nd East Asian Summit.

Paynor said the Department of Foreign Affairs has prepared contingency measures if the CICC will not be completed in time for the summit, which will be hosted by the Philippines which assumed ASEAN presidency by the end of July from Malaysia.

Source: Xinhua

^^marki u rcved my message about sa tshirt?


Yeah bai. Just inform me when nimo ma submit.

^^ nag wonder sad ko bai nganu dili pwede ang 22 storeys didto nga pwede sa uban nga area sa CBP.

Yeah bai, maybe they won't allow tall buildings in the peripheral lots so that there will be a view of the buildings in the center part of CBP.. Probably why Bigfoot's proposed building is located at the back of Tower Palace..

By the way, updated na lagi ang Emporis ---> http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100394&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1

Ni try ko apply as Photographer (for Emporis) para sa mga buildings dinhi sa Cebu.. Markii, apil ta na.. Hehehehe..

^^

actually ingon na ang emporis for months na bai
pero daghan ghapun sayup ug kuwang.

ni apply na ko ana before bai. wala man ni reply. hehehe

Hala, diba someone here advertised the website www.cebuliving.com? Check this out...

Lewd website stirs Cebu City officials

The Freeman 08/03/2006

The city government is alarmed with the existence of a website that uses the city's official seal and contains pictures that are seemingly obscene.

Paul Villarete, City Planning and Development Coordinator, has asked the city council's committee on laws, the city attorney's office and the Cebu Anti-Indecency Board to conduct an inquiry to determine what legal steps the city can take on the matter.

"We feel that an official legal inquiry into the matter is essential in order to come up with policies and courses of action to further protect the city... it is also deemed very important that the issue of the usage of the Official Seal of the City of Cebu in such an internet site, maybe considered a legal violation especially that it (the site) is promoting a side of the city which is not particularly appealing to the senses of most people," Villarete said.

The website, www.cebuliving.com/cebu_night_life.html has the logo of the city government at the upper right portion of its main page. It also contains a list of the nightclubs in Cebu City and even in Lapu-Lapu City. The lower portion of the main page also contains pictures of women in skimpy clothing.

The website caught Villarete's attention after a Cebu city resident raised the concern in the forum page of the city's official website.

Villarete is also asking CAIB to look into the issue of decency and to subsequently formulate policies and actions that can protect the interest and reputation of the city.

This is not the first time that the city government has looked into an issue raised in its website. Months ago, Villarete also stumbled upon a concern regarding the seeming proliferation of "bikini open" shows in Cebu, which the resident fears have been openly accessible even to minors. Villarete then forwarded the concern to CAIB for appropriate action.

The forum page is a feature in the website wherein members exchange their views on different topics, in this case, topics that concern and affect the city.

Villarete said the city's official website, www.cebucity.gov.ph, is a useful venue wherein Cebuanos and even non-Cebu residents can manifest their concerns on anything regarding governance in the city. All that needs to be done is access the website and register to participate in the forum page.

The city's Management Information Computer Services manages the city's official website.

bai slimer, wla ko number ni clint. But don't worry wen we see each other again here at d opis. I'll get it.

Mga pre diri sa SSC Cebu. Sensya na, hinay2x lang sah ko post kay naa ko gipangita nga previous proposal or perspective sa Bigfoot 3 Towers at Cebu Business Park. Naa ko perspective adto but ako gi delete. I am still trying to reach some of my frens if dey stil hav d perspective. Wen I hav it already, I'll post it here and 4 sure mga pre, u'll be surprise on how the 3 Bigfoot Towers will luk like in CBP.

^^

yup bai na post na dinhi ang proposal sa Bigfoot, katung dapit sa Tower Palace... Katung murag sa Dubai ang hitsura..

Madayon ba kaha ni?

^^

dili ni mao bai?

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7228/bigfoottower1ys9.jpg

Hala, diba someone here advertised the website www.cebuliving.com? Check this out...

Lewd website stirs Cebu City officials




Yeah bai, ingun si slerz nitawag si Nigel sa DYAB ganiha about this website issue. And he will go after the owners/makers of this forum.

4 sure mga pre, u'll be surprise on how the 3 Bigfoot Towers will luk like in CBP.

3 Bigfoot Towers in CBP? :eek2:

4 sure mga pre, u'll be surprise on how the 3 Bigfoot Towers will luk like in CBP.

3 Bigfoot Towers in CBP? :eek2:

Yeah bai, ingun si slerz nitawag si Nigel sa DYAB ganiha about this website issue. And he will go after the owners/makers of this forum.

^^ @Markii: Nganong gimention man sa forumer nga nagpost sa link nga www.cebuliving.com nga sikat kuno kaayo ka didto sa Cebu Living? :D

^^

@Markiiboi

How about Cebulife.tk bai? Hehehehehe...

^^ Ako? wala ko account didto sa cebuliving uy! :D


@arnold: ako na sad na gi post sa cebucity forums ang cebulife na. maayu unta ma kita ni Nigel.

Basig imbistigahon ta diri. :hilarious

They need beautiful pix of cebu guyz, please help....tnx

please click => cebuliving.com (http://www.cebuliving.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=42)

Starring si Markiiboi didto!heheh

^^ Nganong nakaingon man siya nga starring ka @Markiiboi?

^^ Ako? wala ko account didto sa cebuliving uy! :D


@arnold: ako na sad na gi post sa cebucity forums ang cebulife na. maayu unta ma kita ni Nigel.

^^ Hala... Tigpost baya ko sa CebuLife... Anyway, I contribute to the good side of that forum

Maybe the building itself is made up of three towers..

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7228/bigfoottower1ys9.jpg

Nganong nakaingon man siya nga starring ka @Markiiboi?



Ambot lahi siguro nga MarkiiBoi bai. hahaha. basta wala ko account didto. hahahah